The total energy of the ball consists of its potential energy (related to position) plus its kinetic energy (related to motion). To zero out both components, you would have to give a precise value to ...

Scientists can now follow the path of a single drop of water across the globe. Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen, and some of these atoms naturally ...

Some of history’s greatest scientific minds didn’t dismiss God, they wrestled with the idea in ways that may challenge modern assumptions. What they discovered goes deeper than equations and beyond ...

Aiden McMillan, a 12-year-old from Dallas, has successfully produced nuclear fusion in his playroom. He spent four years on ...

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers every star in the observable universe, has moved from theoretical physics into the realm of real laboratory results. On December 5, 2022, scientists achieved ...

Layered transition-metal oxides are among the most promising cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries because of their high theoretical capacity and low cost. However, conventional designs rely on ...

The researcher and science communicator has a new book out on carbon, ‘the spinal column of life’ that helps answer fundamental questions about our origin, our existence and our destiny ...

Idaho National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated a surrogate reactor concept that replaces neutron-driven signals with beams of LED light, creating a zero-radiation test environment for reactor ...

Charleston, SC, astronomy professor answers questions from high school students about wormholes, black holes, colonizing Mars, outer space odors and more.

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The Rulison test — conducted at a depth of 8,425 feet — was the deepest subterranean nuclear-bomb detonation conducted in U.S. history.