Many heavy atoms form from a supernova explosion, the remnants of which are shown in this image. NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage ...

As families gear up for the latest entry in the Jurassic franchise, we spoke to the guy behind the de-extinction of the Dire Wolf to get his thoughts on the science in the new film.

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The discovery itself is simple and fundamental, but the applications stretch far and wide into astrophysics and quantum ...

Reviews the history of optical trapping and manipulation of small-neutral particles, from the time of its origin in 1970 up to the present. As we shall see, the unique characteristics of this ...

An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...

Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has been getting bigger since the Big Bang. When the hydrogen and helium atoms ...

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Nearly a decade ago, a detector searching for ghostly cosmic particles found two anomalous signals in Antarctic ice. But scientists haven’t been able to find anything similar.

View the entire Explainers collection After a string of high-profile setbacks in federal court for the president’s immigration agenda, the Trump administration claims that it’s considering suspending ...

Structural distortions of nickel sites and their effects on the O K-edge XAS spectrum. Credit: Communications Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43246-025-00842-y ...

The Supreme Court decides states can protect children from irreversible transgender medical interventions.