Physicists are increasingly entertaining a radical possibility: our familiar universe of three dimensions of space and one of ...

Time, not space plus time, might be the single fundamental property in which all physical phenomena occur, according to a new theory by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist. The theory also ...

Ever since Einstein posited that space and time were inextricably linked, scientists have wondered where the cosmic web called spacetime comes from. When two particles are able to simultaneously and ...

Physicists have engineered photons that behave as if they inhabit a space far richer than the familiar three dimensions, revealing light-like particles with a strikingly high-dimensional character. By ...

State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua has the following research output in the current window (1 October 2024 - 30 September 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to ...

Scientists have succeeded in conducting a new experiment that supports the existence of the long-sought-after Luttinger liquid state. How would electrons behave if confined to a wire so slender they ...

What if the Universe – and fundamentally, space itself – were like a pile of laundry? Have one. See this laundry pile? Looks just like our universe. No? Here, have another. See it now? It’s got three ...