University of Queensland scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics, showing that nuclear polarization ...

Imagine building a Lego tower with perfectly aligned blocks. Each block represents an atom in a tiny crystal, known as a ...

Scientists found the longest organic molecules ever on Mars — ancient carbon chains that resemble the building blocks of life ...

DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Physicists at the University of Ottawa add an orbital spin to their laser beams to control the movement of electrons in their ...

Supercritical water, a mysterious state where water behaves like both a liquid and gas, has long puzzled scientists.

Just as cities must carefully manage the flow of cars in and out of downtown, cells regulate the movement of molecules into and out of the nucleus.

A study that was published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters shows that not only do the elements that make up our bodies ...

An atom is so small that a single drop of water contains more than a billion atoms. Although tiny, atoms are mostly empty space. The simplified model of the atom is that of a cloud of negative ...

The University of Guelph (UoG) in Guelph, Ontario Canada has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Natural Sciences and ...

To be awarded an official English Heritage plaque, the proposed recipient (nominated by members of the public) must have died ...

To help find solutions to the planet's climate crisis, MIT Associate Professor Daniel Suess is looking to Earth's ancient ...