Soviet physicist Lev Landau created a rigorous "Theoretical Minimum" exam for aspiring scientists. This challenging test ...

Indian physicist Deepak Dhar has won the 2026 Dirac Medal for his pioneering contributions to statistical physics, including his influential work on the Abelian sandpile model. Know about his research ...

Researchers have nailed down an elusive quantity called baryon number, which may be responsible for the cosmic mismatch between matter and antimatter ...

Dhar becomes only the second scientist working in India to receive the honor, joining physicist Ashoke Sen, and shares this year's award with three other statistical mechanics researchers for work ...

( NewsNation) — The tantalizing prospect of inspecting a mysterious monolith on the surface of Mars moon Phobos was proposed ...

Indian physicist Deepak Dhar wins the 2026 Dirac Medal for his pioneering work in statistical mechanics, adding another major ...

Peter Higgs stands in front of a photograph of the Large Hadron Collider at the Science Museum in London in 2013. The year before, researchers smashing protons together at the collidor had discovered ...

The annual Templeton Prize, which recognizes outstanding contributions to "affirming life's spiritual dimension," was awarded Tuesday to Brazilian Marcelo Gleiser—a theoretical physicist dedicated to ...

Indian-origin physicist Jainendra K. Jain has made history by winning the esteemed Wolf Prize in Physics for his innovative ...

What makes a “genius?” National Geographic’s latest TV show, “Genius,” developed by Noah Pink and Kenneth Biller, focuses on the life of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein. It is based on the 2007 ...

Whether you’re a paranormal believer or cynic, there’s no denying that there’s something strange about Skinwalker Ranch in northeastern Utah. Weird noises, glowing orbs, shadowy figures, mysteriously ...