What do physicists exploring the fundamental particles that make up our universe and doctors tracking COVID-19 cases have in common? Statistics! Both sift through enormous amounts of data looking for ...

Wildfire smoke is no longer just a short‑lived air quality problem drifting over cities for a few hazy days. New research ...

The findings could help researchers predict dangerous space weather. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists may have ...

Household gadgets have a way of sounding scarier than they are once someone attaches a giant number to them. The claim that a toaster quietly sheds 1.73 trillion particles every minute, even when it ...

An international team of physicists has proven new theorems in quantum mechanics that describe the 'energy landscapes' of collections of quantum particles. Their work addresses decades-old questions, ...

The sPHENIX particle detector, the newest experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has released its first ...

"It's astonishing to find such a strong radio signal at this distance." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A vast cloud of energetic ...

Astrophysicists show how and when specific particles form and offers clues to questions that have troubled scientists since the 1940s. For decades, scientists have been trying to solve a vexing ...

Quantum particles have a social life, of a sort. They interact and form relationships with each other, and one of the most ...

High above the surface, Earth’s magnetic field constantly deflects incoming supersonic particles from the sun. These particles are disturbed in regions just outside of Earth’s magnetic field – and ...