Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit. An ...

New Stanford University research has revealed that the mineral silica, a common food additive and popular cosmetics ingredient, is not a chemically inert substance, as has long been supposed. As ...

STOCKHOLM — Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — particles just a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light ...

A neutrino is one of the most well-known, and arguably most mysterious, particles in all of physics. This is because while they exist in vast quantities throughout the universe, they are also very ...