Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

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The invisible dark matter is one of the universe's biggest mysteries, and its existence is confirmed only by the ...

The race to build the first useful quantum computer is on and may revolutionize the world with brand new capabilities, from ...

Richard Feynman, a famous theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize, said that if he could pass on only one piece of ...

While gluons are responsible for generating most of the visible mass in the universe, their role inside nuclei remains poorly ...

Solving life's great mysteries often requires detective work, using observed outcomes to determine their cause. For instance, ...

More common than gold, uranium is abundant on Earth. But less than one percent of the naturally occurring element is useful ...

Uranium has civilian uses that have nothing to do with weapons. For a bomb, the uranium needs to be a lot more concentrated.