Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays while experimenting with cathode rays and crystals, leading to the realization that ...

New Zealand has a strong legacy in quantum physics. But to turn this into a thriving commercial sector will require ...

Then, in 1911, came Ernest Rutherford’s discovery that atoms ... named for the brilliant young Austrian theoretical physicist who devised it 1, Wolfgang Pauli. It was a product of what is ...

Ever since physicist Ernest Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus in 1911, studying its structure and behavior has remained a challenging task. More than a century later, even with today’s ...

Scientists aren’t going to take this sitting down. “No one is coming to save us from this,” said Abraham Flaxman, a professor of global health at the University of Washington. “We’re ...

The new appointees include Maria Zuber, an American planetary scientist involved in multiple NASA missions; Olivier Pourquié, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School; and Meng Anming ...

Using mathematical and computational methods, they analyzed earthquake data ... Feb. 28, 2025 — Scientists have revealed that two continent-size regions in Earth's deep mantle have distinctive ...

We look back on about 11 years of the Gaia spacecraft, now at the end of its mission to create the best map of the Milky Way. In this week’s news roundup, we cover activity from the black hole ...

A former scientist at Google's DeepMind who co-developed the AlphaFold2 protein prediction platform, Dr Simon Kohl, has launched his own venture applying artificial intelligence to drug discovery.

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the pandemic. What are your most lasting memories? How has it shaped your life and the world around you? By Jeremy Engle What do you notice about the ...