Not because the amount of gold (and other heavy elements) is causing any type of problem (the opposite, in fact) but because based on what they know of how gold is created, there shouldn’t be so much ...

Physicists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have a novel plan to uncover an unknown fifth force of nature long theorized to exist ...

Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden discovered a new phenomenon that changes what we know about ...

A forgotten fusion experiment from 1938 has been unearthed, revealing a lost discovery that seeded a key concept in modern ...

In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei.

During those very early moments of the universe, things were extraordinarily hot, and quark-gluon plasma behaves in strange ...

Many heavy atoms form from a supernova explosion, the remnants of which are shown in this image. NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

What happens when the smallest building blocks of matter refuse to play by the rules of traditional physics? For decades, ...

The invisible dark matter is one of the universe's biggest mysteries, and its existence is confirmed only by the ...