The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a ...

Estimating things that exist is generally easy, but when it comes to estimating things that do not exist, it's more difficult. This is something physicists from Poland and the UK are well aware of. To ...

Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles ...

Electrons can be "kicked across" solar materials at almost the fastest speed nature allows, scientists have discovered, ...

In recent months, Ireland became an associate member of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. This is a very welcome development for physicists, engineers and computer scientists ...

Estimating things that exist is generally easy, but when it comes to estimating things that do not exist, it’s more difficult. This is something physicists from Poland and the UK are well aware of. To ...

A newly derived “q-desic” equation suggests that quantum effects may subtly alter particle trajectories across the universe.

Jupiter’s Galilean moons, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, and Io, have long been subjects of intense scientific scrutiny, particularly regarding their potential to harbor life. Recent research has brought ...

In November, scientists arrived at the South Pole in planes outfitted with skis to pull off a construction project seven years in the making.

For over a decade, confusion over the size of the proton has held scientists back. Disagreeing measurements of the subatomic particle’s radius meant that scientists couldn’t test one of their key ...

At the deepest level of quantum physics, particles may not be as independent as they appear. New theoretical work shows that nonlocal behavior can emerge simply because identical particles are ...

In July 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe triumphantly announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, the long-sought linchpin of the subatomic world. Interacting with Higgs ...