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

Before atomic elements came together, less than a second after the Big Bang, if particles condensed into halos of matter, ...

Ars Technica: The Voyager Golden Record is perhaps the best known example of humans attempting to communicate with an alien species, spearheaded by the late Carl Sagan, among others. But what are the ...

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

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 ...

Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the biggest causes of mortality worldwide. Risk stratification for early ...

The physicist and AI researcher behind one of Europe's most talked-about books brings her clear, human perspective on ...

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