If black holes weren't terrifying enough, two especially large ones are merging together, experts have discovered.

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Quantum sensors have become important tools in low-energy particle physics. Michael Doser explores opportunities to exploit ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help ...

The invisible dark matter is one of the universe's biggest mysteries, and its existence is confirmed only by the ...

The letter originally in German was later translated into English by theoretical physicist Herbert Jehle, with help from Einstein himself.

The country has domestic sources of uranium. Its largest mine is at Saghand, in east-central Iran. But mined uranium is mostly the wrong type for nuclear weapons: it is over 99% uranium-238 (U-238; ...

Joshua, age 7, Shoreview, Minnesota Richard Feynman, a famous theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize, said that if he could pass on only one piece of scientific information to future ...

Tunnelling probability is dependent on the mass of the particle and the size of the energy barrier. So although fluorine is large, the barrier is small because ‘in a polyfluoride anion you have a lot ...

CERN is the world leader of the exploration of particle physics, thanks to its 27-kilometer atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider. Now, the Swiss-based research facility has officially completed ...

The Potensic Atom is great for beginners as it captures 4K/30fps video and 12MP detailed stills while being really easy to fly — but it has a few shortcomings.