The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

The race is on to harness the near-infinite power of nuclear fusion—by building a star on Earth. And scientists are closer ...

Unstable atoms emit fast-moving particles that can damage cells in the human body. Some atoms are far more unstable than ...

Nobel laureates demonstrate quantum tunnelling in macroscopic systems, impacting quantum computing and highlighting the ...

Changing interactions between the smallest particles at the touch of a button: Quantum researchers at RPTU have developed a new tool that makes this possible. The new approach—a temporally oscillating ...

Think of it this way: if you roll a ball toward a wall, it will bounce back. That's normal physics. But in the quantum world, ...

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

A single speck of light—captured inside a lab at Oxford—turned the abstract into the tangible. It didn’t just win a prize; it ...

Tracking how atoms in water molecules differ is a way to trace where it seeps into the ground, how water flows underground ...

As the nucleus splits, it also releases its neutrons. These neutrons bounce around at incredible speeds until some eventually ...

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