In lead collisions at the LHC, some of the strongest electromagnetic fields in the universe bombard the inside of the beam ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

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

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Eggs laid by dinosaurs have provided paleontologists with a new way to tell prehistoric time. By looking to radioactive ...

Texas A&M scientists have unlocked new potential for astatine-211, a rare and short-lived element, as a highly precise cancer-fighting isotope. Its alpha emissions destroy tumor cells while sparing ...

Using the Helios-1 quantum computer, researchers have used a record-breaking number of error-proof qubits to run the first and biggest quantum simulation of a model for perfect conductivity ...

Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of ...

Different nuclear waste strategies release vastly different amounts of iodine-129. A new study compares global approaches.

Quantum physicist Vlatko Vedral proposes a radical new vision of reality, one in which observers don’t exist, there are no ...