MIT scientists have snapped the first-ever images of individual atoms interacting freely in space, making visible the elusive ...

Can a small Massachusetts start-up perfect a battery that would make electric vehicles cheaper and more convenient than ...

By creating a more true-to-life representation of DNA's environment, researchers have discovered that strand separation may take more mechanical force than the field previously believed.

CERN's ALICE experiment turned lead into gold—briefly—reviving alchemists' old dreams with modern nuclear physics.

From the powdered wings of a butterfly to the icy spines of a snowflake, symmetry is a common feature in nature. This often ...

In collisions of argon and scandium atomic nuclei, scientists from the international NA61/SHINE experiment have observed a ...

Using a thermal sensor smaller than a grain of sand, engineers have measured the vibrations, or phonons, within individual molecules.

Cloud seeding – dispersing substances into clouds to induce rain – has been touted as a quick fix for droughts and water ...