University of Queensland scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics, showing that nuclear polarization ...

ALMA researchers reported the discovery of oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Geologists believe unusual structures in ...

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New results from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument hint that the influence of mysterious force driving universe's accelerating expansion may change over time.

Nuclear fusion reactors, if and when they become practical, will need a steady supply of fuel. The source of that fuel is the ...

Ekert, who splits his time between the University of Oxford and the National University of Singapore, describes how he used ...

Atomic and molecular physics it the study of the properties, dynamics and interactions of the basic (but not fundamental) building blocks of matter. A crucial component of this is understanding ...

Nevertheless, Democritus’ ideas greatly influenced later philosophers, including the Greek philosopher Epicurus and the development of modern atomic theory. Democritus’ atomic theory proposed that ...

Using modern portfolio theory, investors can build portfolios that maximize return for a given level of risk or minimize risk for a desired level of return. Since its introduction by Henry ...

On Monday, he visited Los Alamos National Laboratory, home to the top secret project during World War II that created the atomic bomb. A fossil fuel executive and graduate of MIT, Wright ...

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments called plates—and that these plates can grow, shrink and move around ...