Dark matter particles could be mediators of the interaction between electrons and atomic nuclei, as shown by a study ...

The IOP is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland. Representing 21,000 members, it ...

The Earth’s crust is constantly rewritten by volcanoes, erosion, and plate tectonics. New crust is being created while old ...

It's been 37 years since scientists first demonstrated the ability to move single atoms, suggesting the possibility of ...

Achieving the promise of nuclear fusion as a source of limitless, safe, and clean energy is a grand challenge for science and ...

Infleqtion is one of the leaders in applying the neutral atom modality to quantum computing delivering room-temperature ...

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and Auburn University have developed a new method to more accurately detect ...

The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything ...

Delve into the detail of atomic physics. As the basic units of matter, atoms are the building blocks for everything in the universe. Once thought to be indivisible, we now know they can indeed be ...

Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we might be closing in on signs of undiscovered physics. If confirmed, these ...

For the first time, the state of an atomic nucleus was switched with a laser. For decades, physicists have been looking for such a nuclear transition -- now it has been found. This opens up a new ...

Nobel Prize-winning physicist David Gross warned humans could only have 35 years left on Earth due to the growing risks of ...