Statistical mechanics is one of the pillars of modern physics. Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) and Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903) were its...
A team of physicists has embarked on a journey where few others have gone: into the glue that binds atomic...
A team led by Prof. Zheng Tianlu and Prof. Wei Jiang from the University of Science and Technology of China...
China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa...
By splitting water molecules, fuel cells can turn electricity into hydrogen fuel. Running in the opposite direction, they consume hydrogen...
In collisions of argon and scandium atomic nuclei, scientists from the international NA61/SHINE experiment have observed a clear anomaly indicative...
It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants that support...
Chirality—the property of an object that is distinct from its mirror image—has long captivated scientists across biology, chemistry, and physics....
Lithium button cells with electrodes made of nickel-manganese-cobalt oxides (NMC) are very powerful. Unfortunately, their capacity decreases over time. Now,...
The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the history of science. The...
There are a seemingly endless number of quantum states that describe quantum matter and the strange phenomena that emerge when...
A simple tweak to the usual setup is all that is needed to enhance a spectroscopy technique that uses waves...
