Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number of protons equals the number of neutrons. For decades, these strange regions ...

Maria Goeppert Mayer is remembered as one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. She was born in Germany in 1906 and later moved t.

Celebrate Pi Day and read all about how this number pops up across math and science on our special Pi Day page. Grab something circular, like a cup, measure the distance around the circle, and divide ...

Every year, math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, a date whose digits represent the first ...

Physicists are getting closer to creating a long-sought ‘nuclear clock’. This device would keep time by measuring energy ...

Artist's impression of the new particle, which contains two charm quarks and one down quark. (Image: CERN) The LHCb ...

This also means that there could be hidden curvatures of space-time or gravitational fields, which could explain a ...

In this episode, Dr Sunayana Bhargava and Tulela Pea explore the history of the atomic model, and how that has developed over the past two centuries. Suitable for: AQA, Edexcel, OCR. For more ...

Professor Sir Anthony Leggett, the theoretical physicist who has died aged 87, shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the arcane theory of superfluids – liquefied gases that ...

Look alive, science fans — a new subatomic particle has just dropped after a 20-year search. Discovered by British ...

The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, are a staple of Alaskan culture and folklore. But behind the glow of red, purple, ...