Dark matter may make up the vast majority of the matter in the universe, but it’s strangely shy about making its presence known. Now, physicists have designed a new test to search for signs of two ...

Defect bits: representation of two n-bits along a defect line (shown in black). Shown are the orientations of the rod-like molecules that comprise liquid crystals. (Courtesy: Žiga Kos and Jörn ...

What’s the biggest open question in theoretical physics at the moment? The central frontier is quantum gravity. Einstein understood relativity, which explains gravity, and we have understood quantum ...