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Physics October 20, 2015

Big discovery: Tiny electron's mass more precisely measured

Scientists have made the most precise measurement yet of the electron's atomic mass

Physics October 20, 2015

National Ignition Facility announces promising results for nuclear fusion

Scientists say they've taken a key step toward harnessing nuclear fusion as a new way to generate power, an idea that has been pursued for decades.

Physics October 20, 2015

Baby, it's cold inside: Scientists measure the universe's coldest stuff

Physicists from Australia and the United Kingdom have created a new way of measuring matter -- and as a result they now can study the coldest objects in the universe.

Chemistry October 20, 2015

Something Congress could agree on: Helium

Congress is so mired in gridlock that it couldn’t agree upon a basic funding bill, resulting in a partial shutdown of government. But helium? Now there's an inert gas this inert Congress can agree on.

Physics October 20, 2015

MIT, Harvard scientists accidentally create real-life lightsaber

In a reported first, researchers at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a newfangled technology that theoretically could be used to construct an actual lightsaber.

Physics October 20, 2015

Stephen Hawking gets superhero treatment in new comic

Living legend Stephen Hawking has already achieved superhero status in the eyes of many science geeks, and now his ideas are being honored in comic book form

Physics October 20, 2015

What is nothing? Physicists debate

It was all much ado about nothing as physicists and thinkers came together to debate the concept of nothing at the American Museum of Natural History.

Biology February 5, 2015

Celebrity scientists: Stars who love science

These stars were science geeks before they pursued careers in acting.

Physics January 13, 2015

A second Higgs boson? Physicists debate new particle

The discovery of the Higgs boson is real. But physicists are cagey about whether the new particle they've found will fit their predictions or not.

Physics January 13, 2015

How physicists fill out their college hoops brackets

Like many sports fans across the country, physicists at the University of Maryland are filling out their brackets in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. But their method relies on quantum physics.

Biology January 13, 2015

Coincidence? The 9 craziest cases of simultaneous invention

Throughout history, major scientific breakthroughs and notable inventions have occurred simultaneously and independently among different thinkers and inventors, who, more often than not, had no direct contact with each other. The phenomenon is known as "multiple discovery." The only problem? Who gets credit? In the case of "the first flight," the argument continues.