To study the inner workings of an atom's nucleus, scientists have traditionally relied on sophisticated particle colliders to ...

A novel experiment has revealed a phenomenon called the Bohr–Weisskopf effect in a pear-shaped nucleus in a molecule for the ...

A new discovery suggests gravitational fields can enable matter to become quantum entangled — and that's even if the concept ...

The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all. Back in the 1930s, physicists were doing experiments involving what they called "beta ...

A fragment of waste found near the decommissioned experimental nuclear power facility in Dounreay in April was the most radioactive to be detected in the past three years, the Highland site's operator ...

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Google's Project Suncatcher is designed to harness the sun's constant power and the extreme cold of space for cooling, as the ...

The man who invented the web is aware of the many issues it faces, from problematic social media use to the rise of ...

As water companies are ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water sources ...