For centuries, alchemists have dreamed of turning lead into gold. At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they’ve finally managed ...

Researchers have developed a novel high-energy particle detection instrumentation approach that leverages the power of quantum sensors -- devices capable of precisely detecting single particles.

MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal ...

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

MIT physicists have taken the first-ever direct images of individual atoms interacting freely in space. Their findings, ...

When an object moves extremely fast—close to the speed of light—certain basic assumptions that we take for granted no longer ...

Unorthodox though it is, his work has been highly impactful and widely celebrated: Nagel won the 1999 Oliver E. Buckley Prize ...

In this video, I dive into 6 real science experiments that came dangerously close to destroying the world as we know it. From ...

Production and measurement of the extremely neutron-rich hydrogen isotope 6H achieved for the first time in an electron ...

S cientists now have a new approach to study never-before-seen quantum phenomena. Physicists from the Massachusetts Institute ...

Until now, atoms have never been imaged interacting freely in space, but a new technique known as non-resolved microscopy has ...