Scientists found an emergent state of matter that theory says shouldn’t exist

Topological materials could usher in a new age of electronics, but scientists are still discovering surprising aspects of their quantum nature.
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String theory’s nightmare: Ghostly five-particle family promises to uncover dark matter

For decades, physicists have chased the dream of unifying all of nature’s forces under a single theory. String theory has long been a top candidate, offering a single mathematical framework that could ...
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New Dark Matter Theory Says It's A Type Of Particle We've Known About For 80 Years

Ah, dark matter. Creator of the universe, sculptor of galaxies, great brewer of coffee (probably). There seems to be nothing it can’t do, or isn’t responsible for, but there’s just one problem: Where ...