Physicists are quietly advancing a radical idea: time might not be a single, thin line but a full three‑dimensional landscape ...

Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches of physics. But sometimes the rules seem ...

Physicists are increasingly entertaining a radical possibility: our familiar universe of three dimensions of space and one of ...

Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity are two of the greatest successes in modern physics. Each works ...

The book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott explores the concept of physical dimensions through characters who encounter higher-dimensional beings. The protagonist, “A. Square,” ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Dimensions typically refer to the measurable extent of height, width, and depth, defining an object's presence in physical space. However, in the weird and wonderful quantum world ...

The central objects of study in topology are spaces called manifolds, which look flat when you zoom in on them. The surface of a sphere, for instance, is a two-dimensional manifold. Topologists ...

It can be tempting to assume that your intuitions about three-dimensional space carry over to higher-dimensional realms. After all, adding another dimension simply creates a new direction to move ...