Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy—a ...
A new study has uncovered how tiny differences in boron atoms can help scientists better predict the long-term behavior of ...
The isotopic ratio of sulfur-33 on the moon differs from that of Earth. Did the moon's sulfur instead come from the impactor ...
Nobel Prize in Physics is a tribute to the scientists who first discovered quantum behaviors in a macroscopic electrical ...
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, ...
Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Institute, Tokai-mura, ...
The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help astronomers in their search for life elsewhere in the Milky Way.
On August 6, 1945, the sky above the Japanese city of Hiroshima opened. A blinding flash, then a deafening sonic boom. An entire city pulverized in seconds. Thus began the nuclear age. Today, 80 years ...
Scientists are using “trapped ions” in highly precise experiments to search for a new, fifth force of nature that could help explain elusive dark matter. The invisible dark matter is one of the ...
This article takes a deep dive into the concept of mass, from atomic and molecular levels to subatomic particles, explaining how mass originates from the energy interactions of quarks, gluons and ...