After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his legacy and the future of physics ...

She's back on dialysis. April 11, 2025 • Dune. Star Wars. Alien. Science fiction movies love alien worlds, and so do we. But how do scientists find planets outside our solar system in real life?

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...

With efforts towards gender equality stalling, voting in a first female head of the UN would provide powerful representation for half the world’s population — and be good for all of it.

Mar. 26, 2025 — Quantum computers are able to solve complex calculations that would take traditional computers thousands of years in just a few minutes. What if that ... New Type of Quantum ...

Apr. 7, 2025 — Researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys. Quasicrystals increase the strength of 3D-printed aluminum, the researchers ...

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Science at Waterloo is a global leader in research that pushes the boundaries of knowledge and imagination. From black holes and quantum computing, to ensuring the health of our great lakes, or ...

Inequalities are the relationships between two expressions which are not equal to one another. The symbols used for inequalities are <, >, ≤, ≥. \(7 \textgreater x\) reads as '7 is greater ...

To balance an unbalanced equation, you need to add numbers to the left of one or more formulae. Here is one way to work out how to do this for the reaction between nitrogen and hydrogen.