At a time of a both extensive and costly “overhaul” of U.S. nuclear weapons, and increased dangers of the use of atomic ...

A team of physicists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has achieved a ...

Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...

Scientists have demonstrated a new way to use high-energy particle smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a U ...

A study reveals the influence of grain boundaries on materials, showing how iron levels change icosahedral structures and affect material properties. Through microscopy and simulations, researchers ...

Advancements in nuclear physics suggest the possibility of discovering stable, superheavy elements. Researchers have found an ...

The Associated Press called the race for Deaton on Tuesday night, teeing up a race between him and Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, of Cambridge, in the Nov. 5 general election.

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in improving the efficiency of an electrochemical reaction that produces hydrogen peroxide—a vital chemical for industrial applications including ...

T.Y. Harding of football and Ashley Lamond of women’s soccer will be recognized on Wednesday at the UMass Sports Luncheon. Speakers at this week's luncheon will be football head coach Don Brown and Dr ...

If we figure out how to harness this effectively and efficiently, this is it. This is the end. This is the solution,” an expert tells us.

A Northern Ireland man was sentenced Friday to a minimum of 20 years in prison after being found guilty by a U.K. court in what has been described as the biggest criminal "catfishing" case in the ...

Physicists have synthesized the element livermorium, which has the atomic number 116, using an unprecedented approach 1 that promises to open the way to new, record-breaking elements. The heaviest ...