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

When high-energy radiation interacts with water in living organisms, it generates particles and slow-moving electrons that ...

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and CIBER-BBN, in collaboration with teams from the ...

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

When two neutron stars collide, they unleash some of the most powerful forces in the universe, creating ripples in spacetime, showers of radiation, and even the building blocks of gold and platinum.

a bit like the electrons in an atom, and nuclear excitations would involve protons and neutrons jumping up and down between those shells," Jenkins explained. Like their electron analogues, these ...

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

Irish physicist William Rowan Hamilton’s pioneering work contained hints of the enigmatic wave–particle duality that governs ...

The discovery could significantly reduce the production costs of fuels, chemicals, and materials. A research team from the ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important ...

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

A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering and the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering has discovered and measured the ...