A humble elevator shaft was recently used in a test of the constancy of the speed of light. Credit: Jason Wong/Flickr, CC ...

The celebrated scientist transformed our understanding of space, time and energy but also of imagination, knowledge and life.

To start with the conclusion, Einstein's world model (theory of relativity) explained the "structure of spacetime" almost ...

A new experiment found that a falling quantum wave behaves just as Einstein’s equivalence principle predicts. The result ...

Examining Einstein’s equivalence principle The atom chip used in the quantum Galileo interferometer experiment. In the ...

Albert Einstein found profound joy in playing his violin, a pursuit separate from his scientific career. His passion for ...

Netflix has released a new docudrama titled Einstein and the Bomb, that narrates the story of the German-born theoretical physicist's life and career. Interestingly, this project used archival footage ...

Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879 (coincidentally, 3/14 is also known as pi day because it’s the three digits of pi: 3.14). Known as the father of modern physics, he published some of the most ...

In a remarkable collaboration, Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard advanced the world of refrigeration with a groundbreaking ...

I have been popularizing quantum physics, my area of research, for many years now. The general public finds the topic fascinating and covers of books and magazines often draw on its mystery. A number ...

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski was once a precocious space flight prodigy. Now she's tackling the biggest problems in the universe.