An atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties. It is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. (Image: M ...

Inside the most powerful particle colliders on Earth, protons slam together at nearly the speed of light, shredding matter ...

The tiny atom, the basic building block of everything, is itself almost nothing, but atoms form a crossroads where science ...

Scientists have found a way to see ultrafast molecular interactions inside liquids using an extreme laser technique once ...

Have you ever doubted your knowledge or expertise? Noticed, if you’re a woman, that you receive less recognition than your male colleagues do, that your ideas were unheard in a discussion until they ...

According to the Big Bang theory, normal matter composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons should account for roughly 5% of ...

Sulfur, long feared as a "poison" that shuts down precious metal catalysts, can actually help them work better when ...

You wouldn’t guess that New Haven and Columbia—two college towns more than a thousand miles apart—are part of the same green energy story. In labs at Yale ...

In a year packed full of phenomenal cometary capers, astrophotographer Dan Bartlett captured a staggering image of comet ...

Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a single-atom photocatalytic strategy that enables ...

Hydroperoxides are strong oxidants that have a significant influence on chemical processes in the atmosphere. Now, an ...

Scientists have discovered an enormous stream of super-hot gas erupting from a nearby galaxy, driven by a powerful black hole ...