I described how some of the heavier elements will fission, releasing energy as they get smaller.  Modern physics also shows the lighter 26 elements release energy as they get larger ...

Physicists at UCLA have taken a major step toward creating the most accurate clocks ever by using a thin film of thorium-229.

The remains of the ancient 18-month-old male child, who was the subject of the study, was accidentally unearthed near Wilsall ...

In July 1979, a bunch of tennis players from our tennis club at RYTAC, including myself and my practice partner John Corelli, Eric Pearce (who grew up in Deep River) and Chris Crowley, played in a ...

In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our ...

When quantum electrodynamics, the quantum field theory of electrons and photons, was being developed after World War II, one of the major challenges for theorists was calculating a value for the Lamb ...

At first glance, it might seem obvious that atoms touch each other, especially when you consider the material world around us ...

Imagine, if you will, that you could see within an atom; at its core is the nucleus, containing subatomic particles called ...

This summer, UCLA physicists succeeded in getting the nucleus of a thorium-229 atom embedded in a transparent crystal to absorb and emit photons like the electrons in an atom do, ending decades of ...

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From nearly indestructible metals, like tungsten, to delicate clouds in the sky, atoms make up everything around us. But do ...

MANILA, Philippines — Broadcast journalist Atom Araullo has won a P2-million damages suit against Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) hosts Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celiz for red ...