What color is an atom? Since atoms are smaller than the wavelength of visible light, we can’t see them directly - but they ...

The universe has quasi-moons, mini-moons, and moonlets, but no official definition of what counts as a moon.

Modern physics is filled with theories that challenge human understanding of existence. Concepts like the multiverse, ...

Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...

Developed by researchers at MIT, the method uses the atom’s own electrons as “messengers” within a molecule to help probe ...

MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup. By studying radium monofluoride, ...

A British Sikh organisation is threatening legal action against the UK government over a potential new definition of Islamophobia. The Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO) argues that any ...

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FOREST HILLS, Pa.—The Westinghouse Atom Smasher loomed like a mysterious cast-iron hot-air balloon when Jim Senkewitz was growing up in its shadow in the 1950s. The particle accelerator towered over ...

Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...