Imagine the concrete in our homes and bridges not only withstanding the ravages of time and natural disasters like the ...

Radioactive decay is a fundamental process in nature by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. Studying ...

Atoms are the building blocks of all matter, from the air we breathe to every cell in our bodies. Yet despite their presence everywhere, no one has truly seen an atom with the naked eye ,until ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to find dark matter—the invisible substance that seems to make up about 80% ...

Though the idea was ridiculous and not entirely serious on Ford's part, the Nucleon showed small modular reactors were the ...

Physicists in Switzerland are turning to a new method in the search for nature’s possible fifth force—one that might explain ...

Instead of the big bang, some physicists have suggested that our universe may have come from a big bounce following another ...

Nuclear deterrence is no longer a two-player game, and emerging technologies further threaten the status quo. The result is a ...

Key TakeawaysScientists have used laser-excited thorium-229 to probe for ultralight dark matter, even without a fully built ...