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Scientists have developed an ice using pressure and X-rays.

Ice that doesn't melt when it's warm: Meet Ice XXI

October 28, 2025 11:27 am

Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen type of ice — 'Ice XXI' — that stays solid even at room temperature under extreme pressure.

For decades, physicists wondered how big a system could be and still show quantum effects. (Image created by ChatGPT)

How the Physics Nobel-winning experiment shaped quantum computing

October 22, 2025 12:51 pm

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to three scientists who made electrical circuits act like atoms - an experiment which lies at the heart of our quantum future.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis. (Image: @NobelPrize/X)

3 win Physics Nobel for work on 'next generation of quantum technology'

October 07, 2025 5:00 pm

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025: Last year’s physics prize went to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for breakthroughs in machine learning that helped drive the artificial intelligence revolution.

Inside the Large Hadron Collider at CERN - the massive underground machine that confirmed the Higgs boson’s existence and helped complete the Standard Model’s picture of the universe. (Image: Instagram/CERN)

Building blocks of our Universe: How scientists tamed the particle zoo

September 23, 2025 11:18 am

What do quarks, electrons, and photons have in common? They’re all part of the Standard Model - the theory that helped physicists make sense of the tiniest building blocks of the universe.

A conceptual rendering of a tokamak fusion reactor, designed to confine plasma in a magnetic field and mimic the Sun’s energy on Earth. (AI-generated image: DALLE)

Bottling the Sun: Why nuclear fusion is now an engineering challenge

September 23, 2025 11:19 am

Scientists have long known how nuclear fusion works, but controlling it is the real challenge. With recent breakthroughs, the dream of limitless, clean energy is finally shifting from science fiction to engineering reality.

A deep field image of distant galaxies, each a glowing clue in the search to understand dark energy and the fate of our universe. (AI-generated image: DALLE)

Will our universe rip apart or expand forever? Dark energy holds the answer

September 23, 2025 11:21 am

From exploding stars to cosmic sound waves, here’s how scientists are chasing answers to the biggest mystery in physics.

Scientists have created a new phase of matter that moves forever without using energy. (AI-generated image/DALLE)

Time crystals: Matter that ticks without a clock and defies physics

August 14, 2025 1:02 pm

Once a wild theory, time crystals are now a lab-made reality. Born from equations and skepticism, these quantum structures break time’s symmetry.

Kanishk Jain from Pune in Maharashtra, Snehil Jha from Jabalpur, and Riddhesh Anant Bendale from Indore in Madhya Pradesh won gold medals, whereas Aagam Jignesh Shah from Surat in Gujarat and Rajit Gupta from Kota in Rajasthan won silver medals.

India wins 3 gold, 2 silver medals at 55th International Physics Olympiad

July 25, 2025 7:54 pm

India was placed at the 5th position, along with Taiwan, Japan, and Russia, at IPhO 2025, whereas the USA emerged as the champions with five gold medals. The 5-member Indian team will be felicitated at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, tomorrow.