X-raying eggs while they cook reveals how egg white becomes solid
By Karina Shah Eggs change a lot during cooking – and we’re closer to understanding…
Physics
We may have to rewrite our understanding of gravity
There is a mismatch between two ways of measuring galactic mass. Dark matter is one…
Did time flow in two directions from the big bang, making two futures?
Why time only flows forwards is one of the great mysteries of physics. A new…
A warp drive that doesn’t break the laws of physics is possible
By Leah Crane A pancake-shaped ship would make an ideal warp drive Korolkoff/Getty Images Warp…
Physicists finally worked out why ice is slippery after 150 years
By Leah Crane Ice must be not too warm and not too cold to be…
Determining which knots are not really knots just got much faster
By Leah Crane Not every tangle is really a knotAlex Walker/Getty Images Unraveling knots just…
Mathematician makes breakthrough on 100-year-old problem about knots
By Leah Crane Not every tangle is really a knotAlex Walker/Getty Images Unraveling knots just…
‘Splat chemistry’ creates substances by chucking molecules at a wall
By Ibrahim Sawal This simulation shows a large molecule hitting a wallAnggara et al Breaking…
Why the universe can be described by the equations of fluids
Studying the universe and the flow of fluids may seem worlds apart, but they involve some…
Physicists finally figured out why food sticks to a frying pan
By Matthew Sparkes Why does food still stick to an oiled frying pan?Rachel Husband /…