A study published in Nature has established a new benchmark in modeling the universe's most extreme events: the collisions of ...

The materials that make up all the structures and physical systems around us, including our own bodies, are not perfect—they ...

More than 100 nominees have made the final ballot for this year’s RSC elections, which will see members decide who fills 27 roles across our society. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Professor Susan ...

Until now, atoms have never been imaged interacting freely in space, but a new technique known as non-resolved microscopy has ...

Physicists captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal correlations among the 'free-range' particles that until now were predicted but never directly ...

Modern life moves fast, but nature invites us to slow down. Here are six surprising ways nature can soothe our weary nervous systems and bring us back to balance.

Astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA's NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and other missions.

There’s no mystery to innovation and economic growth; the US must nurture its scientists or find out the hard way.

Bringing together proponents of rival theories to test their ideas against each other can advance science — but only if all ...

Physicists have pulled off a cosmic simulation that cracks open one of the universe’s most mind-bending mysteries: are we ...

For years, the so-called “cultural normativeness hypothesis” cast a shadow over efforts to ban corporal punishment worldwide.

Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step ...