Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

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Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

Laurent Simons, a 15-year-old Belgian researcher, has earned a PhD in quantum physics and says his work in ultracold systems ...

Can two versions of reality exist at the same time? Physicists say they can — at the quantum level, that is. Trump ...

More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly ...

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From vision-restoring implants to quantum-based diagnostics, Tami Freeman looks back at some of this year’s healthcare ...

A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change ...

According to his calculation, Santa would make 2,708 visits per second to reach 234 million households in 24 hours to deliver ...

At just 15, Laurent Simons has earned a PhD in quantum physics. Scientists are watching closely as his work and future ambitions could shape next-generation science and human health.