The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock to 85 seconds before midnight, the theoretical point of annihilation.

For many decades, the method to obtain atomic-level descriptions of chemical compounds and materials—be it a drug, a catalyst ...

Wars, climate change, disruptive technologies and the rise of autocracy over the past year prompted scientists to set the ...

Using a superconducting quantum computer, physicists created a large and complex version of an odd quantum material that has ...

Scientists recently discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans — and it’s far older than scholars previously believed. The study, which was published in the ...

Imagine a light switch so small it is made from just a few atoms, and so precise it releases light one particle at a time. These tiny switches, called quantum emitters, are considered one of the core ...

This video follows the quiet meeting on Einstein’s veranda in August 1939 that set the atomic age in motion. As exiled scientists wrestled with fascism, fear, and their own pacifist convictions, their ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps explain how these tumors resist environmental stress and thrive in acidic, low ...

Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air. Lost Science Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...

This video presents a complete timeline of prehistoric sharks, tracing their origins back more than 400 million years. Viewers see how early, primitive species evolved into some of the most efficient ...

Researchers found they could tune the energy difference between the layers by more than half an electron volt. (Representational image)LE/Pencho Researchers’ new method that delivers more control over ...