Neutrinos are low-mass subatomic particles with zero electric charge that interact with matter only via the weak nuclear force and gravity. This makes neutrinos difficult to detect, despite the fact ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

The catastrophe that unfolded at Chernobyl in 1986 was supposed to be entombed behind layers of concrete and steel, a ...

Particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) can reach temperatures over one hundred thousand times hotter than at ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

Scientists finally caught solar neutrinos triggering a rare atomic transformation once thought nearly impossible to observe.

This disparity has led to an increasing interest in global health initiatives, with professional organizations looking to provide support to medical physicists in lower income regions. Alongside, ...

At the world’s most powerful colliders, physicists are finally catching sight of particles that almost never leave a trace, a ...

The IAEA in collaboration with George Washington University Law School is launching a Summer School on the international legal frameworks for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. This ...

For decades, nuclear physicists believed that "Islands of Inversion"—regions where the normal rules of nuclear structure ...

The court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine the independence of agencies like the National Transportation ...

Scientists hunted dark matter and solar neutrinos with one of the largest experiments yet. While the neutrinos likely ...