Far lighter than other ions collided at the LHC, oxygen (and neon) could tell us about conditions in the early universe.

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India's National Quantum Mission aims to achieve quantum supremacy through theoretical brilliance and mission execution, much ...

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

Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...

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

Scientists are using trapped ions in experiments to search for signs of a new particle that could help explain the mysterious ...

Not that anyone asked, but uranium enrichment is certainly a newsworthy topic where a little science might be helpful. Here's ...

Richard Feynman, a famous theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize, said that if he could pass on only one piece of ...

Richard Crane, Arthur Ruhlig’s thesis advisor, with the University of Michigan accelerator used for experiments. Photo ...

Black holes are expected to be the last giant objects left in the universe, but even they will slowly shrink and disappear ...