One of the researchers behind a pioneering new study on bottled water answers PEOPLE's questions about their investigation's unsettling findings Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses ...

What is "time" for quantum particles? Publication by TU Darmstadt researchers in renowned journal "Science Advances" In an amazing phenomenon of quantum physics known as tunneling, particles appear to ...

Alpha particles are also known as alpha radiation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Alongside beta particles, gamma rays, and ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The particles that are in an atom: protons, neutrons and electrons The particles that are in protons and neutrons: quarks The four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and ...

Aurorae are generated by charged particles originating from Earth's magnetosphere and the solar wind colliding with and exciting particles in Earth's upper atmosphere, which then emit light as they ...

Tiny particles of plastic have been found everywhere — from the deepest place on the planet, the Mariana Trench, to the top of Mount Everest. And now more and more studies are finding that ...

Sebastian Mizera just joined the physics department as an assistant professor, researching quantum field theory.

Every second, without you knowing it, thousands of billions of invisible particles pass through your body. These cosmic objects travel across the Universe from distant sources, moving at ...

The universe is a strange place on very small scales. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What makes up the matter we perceive in the ...

The 2022 Nobel Prize in physics recognized three scientists who made groundbreaking contributions in understanding one of the most mysterious of all natural phenomena: quantum entanglement. In the ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...