Making electrons flow like a liquid is difficult, but inside graphene researchers forced them to move so fast that they ...

Scientists may have finally uncovered the mystery behind ultra-high-energy cosmic rays — the most powerful particles known in ...

Irene Curie was born in Paris, France, in 1897. In an unusual schooling setup, Irene was one of a group of children taught by ...

Andrea Richard receives funding from the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration.

Members of the STAR collaboration, a group of physicists collecting and analyzing data from particle collisions at the ...

In alchemy, a theory exists about altering the nature of metals through changes in their composition, prominently featuring the legendary philosopher’s stone. But can one truly ... Continue Reading → ...

We’ve reached the limit of a very successful way to make new elements in the lab. In new research, scientists unveil a new take on that technology and report its success. The heaviest elements could ...

There are scientific explanations for this, including theories about layers of particles in the nucleus, and “magic numbers” of protons and neutrons that may be stable in combination. If we can find ...

An artistic illustration of the mechanism proposed by Professor Stefano Profumo where quantum effects near the rapidly expanding cosmic horizon after the Big Bang gravitationally generate dark matter ...

In pursuit of prestige and riches, wealthy people across medieval Europe worked in vain to transmute everyday metals into gold. Today, this process, known as chrysopoeia, is mostly dismissed as an ...