Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

When astronauts returned from NASA's final Apollo moon mission in 1972, some of the samples they collected were sealed and ...

The Boston Bruins have announced that they will bestow the club’s highest honor upon captain and defenseman Zdeno Chara (2006-2020) by retiring his No. 33 Thursday, January 15 at TD Garden.

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

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Since their discovery in 1982, exotic materials known as quasicrystals have bedeviled physicists and chemists. Their atoms arrange ...

The bold question-askers at What If reveal the astonishing density of neutron stars. Florida’s $83 million land deal is ‘an ...

The 49ers offense will be without five Week 1 starters on Thursday night. Thursday night might prove too much for the 49ers’ offense, which will now be without Purdy, Kittle, Jennings, Pearsall, and ...

Katrina Miller is a science reporter for the New York Times. Based in Chicago, she writes about the universe and how the pursuit of understanding it impacts society. Miller joined the Times after ...

Abstract: Atmospheric pressure oxygen plasma is expected to be applied to agricultural fields, such as sterilization and soil improvement. Understanding of the behavior of the oxygen atom generated by ...

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 → ...

Piefer’s 50-year forecast seems a long way off, but progress shown by SHINE and NorthStar means the future is here in the sense that isotopes produced by both companies are already treating patients ...