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

Centuries after alchemists sought transmutation, CERN scientists have turned lead into gold using the Large Hadron Collider.

Physicists captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal correlations among the 'free-range' particles that until now were predicted but never directly ...

Einstein’s strangest optical illusion has been captured—thanks to lasers, a cube, and a bit of artistic inspiration.

Scientists have just snapped pictures of single atoms as they move around freely, capturing details once hidden from sight.

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, ...

In 1959, physicists James Terrell and Roger Penrose (Nobel laureate in 2020) independently concluded that fast-moving objects should appear rotated. However, this effect has never been demonstrated.

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

Chirality—the property of an object that is distinct from its mirror image—has long captivated scientists across biology, ...

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 ...