The 1980s witnessed mass demonstrations demanding a nuclear freeze. Today, the threat of nuclear war is beginning to enter ...

Scientists have used ultracold atoms to successfully demonstrate a novel method of particle acceleration that could unlock a ...

This most fundamental question was famously posited by none other than Nobel laureate physicist Enrico Fermi (1901–1954).

Scientists have observed the mechanism responsible for generating cosmic rays in a laboratory for the first time – a significant milestone in astrophysics.

Scientists have used ultracold atoms to successfully demonstrate a groundbreaking method of particle acceleration that could unlock new understanding ...

This prompted Fermi to ask what was (to him) an obvious question: “where is everybody?” In a galaxy assumed to be filled with ...

A recent poll showed that 88 percent of American voters worry that the rapid pace of Beijing’s technological advancements will give China military superiority over the U.S. One way to make sure that ...

The current attacks on the U.S. system of scientific research will have real and debilitating consequences for our nation and its international position that will not be easily turned around ...

Left: The first lines of the letter sent by Werner Heisenberg to Wolfgang Pauli on 9 July 1925, explaining his efforts to interpret quantum physics ...

Scientists and military leaders proceeded with the first atomic bomb test despite acknowledging the risk of a catastrophe.