Miniature nuclear reactors once sounded like science fiction. Now, compact units marketed as the “world’s simplest” designs ...

A physics experiment published this year that claimed to measure a single photon in two places at once – and, in the process, discredit the idea of a multiverse – drew pushback from many sceptical ...

Experimental particle physicists working at the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory have found evidence against the existence of a "sterile" type of neutrino hypothesized ...

Scientists in China have performed an experiment first proposed by Albert Einstein almost a century ago when he sought to disprove the quantum mechanical principle of complementarity put forth by ...

In the 25 years since the first enclosure of eight people inside Biosphere 2 came to an end, Columbia University and now the University of Arizona have tried to rebrand the unique space as a tool for ...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — After completing its 16th and final test of generating oxygen in the mostly carbon dioxide atmosphere of Mars, MOXIE will leave a legacy for its bigger future descendants, says ...

Independent verification of data is a fundamental principle of scientific research across the disciplines. The self-correcting mechanisms of the scientific method depend on the ability of researchers ...

Galileo used an inclined plane to determine the rate of acceleration due to Earth's gravity. In one experiment, he changed the pitch of the plane, but not its height.