Martin Kamen and Samuel Ruben's discovery of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 in 1940 helped usher in a new era of dating ...

Quantum technologies, computers or other devices that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, rely on the precise ...

Scientists can create gold in labs through complex nuclear reactions, altering elements like mercury or platinum. However, this process is astronomically expensive and yields microscopic amounts, ...

Governments and private developers worldwide are accelerating nuclear fusion research amid technical breakthroughs that could bring commercial-scale, clean energy closer to reality.

Some researchers are seeking out the ancient history of these patterns in a substance that may be unexpected to some: plant wax. The study, coauthored by Daniel Ibarra, an assistant professor of Earth ...

Based on ancient beliefs, sacred texts, and scientific hypotheses, the shiny yellow metal either is the dominion of the gods, the brilliant brainchild and deliberate handiwork of divine alchemy, or ...

Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

Researchers have found hundreds of metabolic enzymes attached to human DNA inside the cell nucleus. Different tissues and cancers show unique patterns of these enzymes, forming a “nuclear metabolic ...

Carbon is found all around the Earth, including in our bodies. While most of the carbon can be found in the geosphere, it is also found in all living things, soil, in the ocean, and in the atmosphere.

Quantum technologies, devices and systems that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could tackle some tasks more ...

The Möbius strip, a twisted loop with one continuous surface, is inspiring chemists to create new molecular structures. A team has synthesized a type of carbon-based molecule with an unprecedented ...

It was planned that “Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the Sun, causing it to significantly brighten.” to quite an extent. Having an extensive ...