A new theory-based approach provides access to the minute transverse motion of quarks within protons. Nuclear physicists have developed a new theoretical framework that allows them to calculate a ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

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

When an intense laser pulse hits a stationary electron, it performs a trembling motion at the frequency of the light field.

Some of the earliest images ever taken in the wake of massive star’s death give astronomers important clues about what triggers a supernova.

Engineers at the University of California, Davis, have invented a device that can generate mechanical power at night by ...