The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.

A new theoretical study suggests fusion reactors could do more than generate energy, they might also produce particles linked to dark matter. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say they have ...

Exploring the intersection of science and belief in God in today's chaotic world.

For the first time since it was sealed around 4,500 years ago, scientists have peered into a hidden passage inside the Great ...

Fictional particle physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter worked on the problem in three episodes of the show’s fifth season, but were unable to solve it. “The general idea from our paper ...

Governments and tech companies continue to pour money into quantum technology in the hopes of building a supercomputer that can work at speeds we can't yet fathom to solve big problems.

Part of the appeal of the Boyle myth may be that it promised a clean break: a waymark at which alchemy was cast aside and chemistry took over. But such changes rarely if ever happen in science, and ...

An analysis of several experiments aimed at detecting the mysterious neutrino has identified a hint of a crack in the ...

New research puts forward compelling new evidence that dark matter interacts with cosmic "ghost particles" called neutrinos.

A new theory suggests fusion reactors could help scientists search for axions, mysterious particles that may explain dark ...

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink ...