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Physics

  1. black and white image of Louis Armstrong holding a trumpet surround by other jazz musicians
    Humans

    Here’s where jazz gets its swing

    Swing, the feeling of a rhythm in jazz music that compels feet to tap, may arise from near-imperceptible delays in musicians’ timing, a study shows.
    By Nikk Ogasa
  2. illustration of a two entangled particles
    Physics

     Quantum experiments with entangled photons win the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics

    Three pioneers in quantum information science share this year’s Nobel Prize in physics.
    By James R. Riordon
  3. photo of a room-temperature superconductor material being squeezed between two diamonds
    Physics

    Despite a retraction, a room-temperature superconductor claim isn’t dead yet

    A high-profile retraction called a superconductivity result into question. But a new experiment appears to support it.
    By James R. Riordon
  4. a composite of headshots of the 2022 SN10 scientists
    Science & Society

     Big questions inspire the scientists on this year’s SN 10 list

    These scientists to watch study climate change, alien worlds, human evolution, the coronavirus and more.
    By Science News Staff
  5. photo of Carlos Argüelles standing in a hallway
    Particle Physics

     Carlos Argüelles hunts for particles beyond the standard model

    Carlos Argüelles overcame hardship and discrimination to pursue a passion for physics.
    By Asa Stahl
  6. a black and white animation in which ghosts representing neutrinos pass through the earth
    Particle Physics

     How ghostly neutrinos could explain the universe’s matter mystery

    If neutrinos behave differently from their antimatter counterparts, it could help explain why our cosmos is full of stuff.
    By Emily Conover
  7. tweezers hold a diamond sensor as light shines through
    Quantum Physics

     This environmentally friendly quantum sensor runs on sunlight

    Quantum sensors often rely on power-hungry lasers to make measurements. A new quantum magnetometer uses sunlight to measure magnetic fields instead.
    By James R. Riordon
  8. illustration of the orbiting MICROSCOPE experiment satellite with earth in the background
    Physics

     Falling objects in orbit show Einstein was right — again

    For more than two years, a pair of metal cylinders fell at the same rate in space, confirming the equivalence principle, a key tenet of general relativity.
    By James R. Riordon
  9. an illustration of the internal structure of a proton
    Particle Physics

     50 years ago, physicists got a whiff of what glues together protons

    In 1972, particle smashups hinted at the gluon, which we now know not only holds together the innards of the proton, but also makes up more than a third of its mass.
    By Maria Temming
  10. illustration of a laser passing through a plastic bottle with an inset showing tiny nanodiamonds that also connects to the interior of a planet
    Physics

     Zapping plastic with a laser forged tiny diamonds

    The technique could be used to manufacture nanodiamonds for use in quantum devices and other applications.
    By Emily Conover
  11. Two side-by-side images of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87, both taken by the Event Horizon Telescope EHT. The left image looks like a luminous blurry donut. On the right is a more recent image that isolates a circular feature of the black hole’s emission and resembles a thin ring.
    Space

     Physicists dispute a claim of detecting a black hole’s ‘photon ring’

    A thin ring of light around a black hole, which would probe gravity in a new way, has been found, one team claims. Skeptics aren’t convinced.
    By Emily Conover
  12. photo of a levitating force sensor in gold amid red-hued light
    Physics

     ‘Chameleon’ forces remain elusive in a new dark energy experiment

    A hypothetical fifth force associated with “chameleon” dark energy and that morphs based on its environment didn’t turn up in a sensitive experiment.
    By Emily Conover