Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.
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 ...
From the burning of wood to the action of medicines, the properties and behavior of matter are governed by the way chemical ...
PTCOG president Marco Durante describes an exciting future for the technology and shares his vision for closer international ...
A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...
In lead collisions at the LHC, some of the strongest electromagnetic fields in the universe bombard the inside of the beam ...
A severe geomagnetic storm means parts of the United States will be able to see the aurora borealis. This activity started ...
A novel experiment has revealed a phenomenon called the Bohr–Weisskopf effect in a pear-shaped nucleus in a molecule for the ...
Silence will tune you in to your energy, and all the energy around you, all the vibrations, all the molecules and atoms ...
Many heavy atomic nuclei are shaped more or less like squashed rugby balls than fully inflated ones, according to a ...
When building an atom, pay close attention to the particles' electrical charges. Protons have a charge of +1. Electrons have a charge of -1. Neutrons are neutral, as its name implies. A stable atom ...