Each neutron packs 3 million electron volts of energy – similar to particles emitted during an atomic bomb explosion. Neutrons are tiny particles inside atoms, with no electric charge.

Aiming to resolve the "neutron star hyperon puzzle," the study of hyperon potential has emerged as a frontier topic in the interdisciplinary field of nuclear and astrophysics.

Silver-110’s decay reveals a promising path to measure antineutrino mass. New data could reshape future neutrino studies.

As AI pushes up electricity demand, big tech is turning to nuclear energy for clean, reliable energy that keeps the digital world running 24/7. Supercomputing and artificial intelligence (AI) are ...

That blue star symbol isn’t random, and in fact, it’s an important part of modern, standard emergency medicine services. Read on to find out what it means and how it became a universal symbol.

Now, most of the atoms in the universe are the two simplest kinds: hydrogen, which has one proton, zero neutrons and one electron; and helium, which has two protons, two neutrons and two electrons.

So, the high-energy particle wasn’t directly a dark matter particle, but rather a muon that decayed from dark matter likely fired from a blazar (a type of active galactic nucleus) right at Earth.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Standard Model of Particle Physics accounts for four fundamental forces—strong, weak, electromagnetism, and gravity—but for decades ...

Here we use cryogenic electron microscopy to determine the structure of TbAQP2 from Trypanosoma brucei, bound to either the substrate glycerol or to the sleeping sickness drugs, pentamidine or ...

Rocket Lab USA is the second-most frequently used launch company in the U.S., behind SpaceX. The company is expected to launch its larger Neutron rocket later this year, which could clear the way ...

Joel Achenbach writes about science and politics for The Washington Post's National desk. He has been a staff writer for The Post since 1990. He started the newsroom’s first online column, Rough ...

Every action in our world is powered by a "force of nature." Currently, there are four main forces that scientists cling to; ...