Nicole Havlik of the Edgerton Explorit Center gave a program called "Sparks" for about 80 youngsters and adults at the Grand Island Public Library.

An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...

Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...

The question of where atoms come from requires a lot of physics to be answered completely – and even then, physicists only have good guesses to explain how some atoms are formed.

A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 ...

Researchers in Japan have accelerated muons into the most precise, high-intensity beam to date, reaching energies high as 100 keV. The achievement could enable next-generation experiments such as ...

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

An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. That is not so for electrons, atoms and molecules, and laser-wielding scientists are revealing the action ...

An atom has the same number of protons as electrons, so it is neutral − it has no overall charge. Now, most of the atoms in the universe are the two simplest kinds: hydrogen, which has one proton, ...

Knowable Magazine reports on attosecond science, revealing how scientists study atomic interactions at unbelievable speeds to ...

Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A ...

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