Charlie Wood

Staff Writer

Latest Articles

How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything

August 9, 2022

The key to understanding the origin and fate of the universe may be a more complete understanding of the vacuum.

How to Make the Universe Think for Us

May 31, 2022

Physicists are building neural networks out of vibrations, voltages and lasers, arguing that the future of computing lies in exploiting the universe’s complex physical behaviors.

Powerful ‘Machine Scientists’ Distill the Laws of Physics From Raw Data

May 10, 2022

Researchers say we’re on the cusp of “GoPro physics,” where a camera can point at an event and an algorithm can identify the underlying physics equation.

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Pondering the Bits That Build Space-Time and Brains

April 20, 2022

Vijay Balasubramanian investigates whether the fabric of the universe might be built from information, and what it means that physicists can even ask such a question.

Newly Measured Particle Seems Heavy Enough to Break Known Physics

April 7, 2022

A new analysis of W bosons suggests these particles are significantly heavier than predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics.

Massive Black Holes Shown to Act Like Quantum Particles

March 29, 2022

Physicists are using quantum math to understand what happens when black holes collide. In a surprise, they’ve shown that a single particle can describe a collision’s entire gravitational wave.

An Antimatter Experiment Shows Surprises Near Absolute Zero

March 16, 2022

An experiment conducted on hybrid matter-antimatter atoms has defied researchers’ expectations.

Tiny Galaxies Reveal Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes

March 14, 2022

Dwarf galaxies weren’t supposed to have big black holes. Their surprise discovery has revealed clues about how the universe’s biggest black holes could have formed.

The Mysterious Forces Inside the Nucleus Grow a Little Less Strange

February 14, 2022

The strong force holds protons and neutrons together, but the theory behind it is largely inscrutable. Two new approaches show how it works.

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