Many heavy atomic nuclei are shaped more or less like squashed rugby balls than fully inflated ones, according to a ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

When metal alloys are processed during manufacturing, the atoms of the combined elements are mixed together at random, ...

Physicists from the University of Warsaw and Emory University have found that interactions between entangled atoms can ...

When machine learning is used to suggest new potential scientific insights or directions, algorithms sometimes offer solutions that are not physically sound. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Until now, physicists thought that all heavy nuclei deformed from spheres are elongated in one direction like rugby balls ...

Researchers uncover how the surface structure of silver iodide at the atomic scale triggers ice formation in clouds, ...

Prof Higgs, who died last April, was a researcher at the university in the 1960s when he made a groundbreaking prediction - ...

Scientists at TU Wien found that electrons need specific “doorway states” to escape solids, not just energy. The insight ...

In A Nutshell When two different types of cosmic strings become linked in the early universe, they form stable knots that ...

QUT researchers have identified why some materials can block heat more effectively, which is a key feature for energy ...

The engineering of optically synthesized magnetic fields allows neutral atoms to emulate charged behavior, paving the way for ...