Shock waves should not be shocking—engineers across scientific fields need to be able to precisely predict how the instant ...

Ultra-low frequency nanohertz gravitational waves emanating from pulsars may be revealing the fabric of the universe.

Storm surge is the No. 1 cause of deaths and damage during a hurricane, yet detailed storm surge forecasts are difficult to ...

UW-Milwaukee physics and astronomy assistant professor Lia Medeiros explains gravitational waves and the role UWM played in discovering them.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of ...

Spin waves are considered to be promising candidates for a new form of electronics. Instead of electrons, the focus here is ...

Pulsars suggest that ultra–low-frequency gravitational waves are rippling through the cosmos. The signal seen by ...

Asymmetric collapse: Simulations of core-collapse supernovae indicate that existing gravitational-wave detectors such as LIGO could spot telltale signs of cosmic distortions known as gravitational ...

A network of optical cavities could be used to detect gravitational waves (GWs) in an unexplored range of frequencies, ...