Converting methane, the primary component of natural gas, into higher alkanes and hydrogen, could be highly advantageous.

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Physicists with the U.S. Department of Energy have discovered a new phase of matter—and, with apologies to George R. R.

Researchers from National Taiwan University break traditional frameworks by unveiling a new symmetry-transition mechanism in ...

Researchers have achieved a remarkable result: capturing and studying phase changes in quantum hardware, which hold hold promise for next-generation technologies like quantum computing and ...

When a magnet is heated up, it reaches a critical point where it loses magnetization. Called "criticality," this point of high complexity is reached when a physical object is transitioning smoothly ...

Back in 2019, Google made waves by claiming it had achieved what has been called “quantum supremacy”—the ability of a quantum computer to perform operations that would take a wildly impractical amount ...

The study of nonequilibrium phase transitions encompasses the investigation of abrupt changes in a system’s collective behaviour when driven far from thermal equilibrium. Unlike classical equilibrium ...

Seismicity decreases with depth, though it turns to increase in the mantle transition zone. It has been believed that ...