A team from Vienna and Frankfurt has found a formula describing a strange phenomenon: Space and time can form a kind of "crystal" that may turn into a black hole. The results are described in Physical ...

How come our universe is full of disorder, when all elementary particles appear to follow strictly ordered laws of physics? And are there organizing principles behind disorder and apparent chaos?

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An atom is so small you can’t see it, but atoms are everywhere. However, scientists have found that the atom is made up of ...

Almost every month, Emory University physicist Justin Burton and his graduate students step out of the lab and bring loud, ...

Scientists have revealed something within a trinitite crystal formed during a 1945 nuclear blast that has never been seen ...

The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything ...

Called bernwoodite, it’s one of two new minerals Korolev and his adviser at the AMNH, Kate Kiseeva, and their colleagues ...

Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.

Families, athletes and community supporters filled Bicentennial Park for the 13th annual Citrus Kids Triathlon on Saturday, May 2, as more than 170 young competitors took part in a day focused on ...

A strange kind of matter that “ticks” forever without energy input has just taken a major leap toward real-world use. Known as a time crystal, this quantum system repeats its motion endlessly—like a ...

A California forensic science teacher is getting her moment in the spotlight, and it’s not just her students she’s impressing. Erin Andrade, who teaches forensic research and biotechnology at the ...