Fine-structure constant (α): A dimensionless constant that determines the strength of electromagnetic interactions, critical in the precision determination of atomic energy levels.

Two protons and a neutron A discrepancy between two different measurements of the charge radius of the helium-3 nucleus may have been reconciled. (Courtesy: Shutterstock) Independent measurements of ...

The photoelectric effect, first explained in 1905, transformed our understanding of how light interacts with matter. When ...

Minimizing vibration is usually achieved by doing experiments on optical tables, which are very large, heavy and rigid in ...

Nowadays, the dark of night is interspersed with the light of stars. But before the stars were born, did light shine at the ...

The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1.0078 in terms of that of helium as 3.99, and that the latter is not exactly four times the former may be the expression of this effect.

In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, dubbed ...

An international team of researchers, including members from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the ...

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in New York Thursday 05 June 2025 15:17 BST 0 Comments Gunner Hyatt, 6, died last week after inhaling helium from a Mylar balloon, according to a medical examiner (Legacy.com) ...

A video showing vortices connecting in superfluid helium. Credit: Wei Guo Microscopic quantum tornadoes Superfluid helium represents one of nature's most extraordinary states of matter.