This configuration allows for the analysis of data in real-time as experiments occur. A primary experimental connection for the platform is the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U) at ...

In the early 20th century, the development of quantum mechanics fundamentally changed our understanding of atomic and ...

This year will mark the 199th commencement ceremony for the private all-girls school in Greenwich.

A long-standing law of thermodynamics turns out to have a loophole at the smallest scales. Researchers have shown that quantum engines made of correlated particles can exceed the traditional ...

For many years, cesium atomic clocks have been reliably keeping time around the world. But the future belongs to even more accurate clocks: optical atomic clocks. In a few years' time, they could ...

An international team of researchers has systematically measured the β-decay half-lives of 40 nuclei near calcium-54, ...

An interatomic potential is a set of mathematical rules that describes the complex dance of forces between atoms — how atomic ...

Shape memory alloys are exotic materials that can be deformed at room temperature and return to their "remembered," ...

In the 18th century, the scientific world was drunk on Newtonian certainty. The universe was a clockwork mechanism, predictable and solid, with clear laws. But Father Roger Joseph Boscovich (Ruđer ...

Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...

Elon Musk’s electric car company said the new versions would start at around $37,000 and $40,000, prices that bring its cars closer to comparable gasoline vehicles. By Jack Ewing Tesla on Tuesday ...

The country’s postwar Constitution is under scrutiny as Japan rebuilds its military, spooked by a rising China and other potential threats. By Hannah Beech Reporting from Hiroshima, Japan Nine nations ...