Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he advised presidents and devoted his life to undoing the danger he created.

By physically engineering their environments, megafauna such as dinosaurs curbed fruit seed sizes—a role that now may be filled by humans ...

Now the University of Cambridge’s world-famous Cavendish Laboratory has a new state-of-the-art home - The Ray Dolby Centre.

Warp drives have long been a staple of science fiction, promising faster-than-light travel. While current physics makes them ...

DESY’s new chair, Beate Heinemann, reflects on the laboratory’s evolving role in science and society – from building ...

A new study explores how EOS transmits ultrashort laser pulses through crystals that change in response to an applied electric field. This technique allows researchers to accurately capture the shape ...

A CERN experiment has revealed that up quarks outnumber down quarks after certain collisions, defying predictions. This ...

A query about one of the King of Pop’s most famous moves turned into a novel science fair project for a Redwood Heights ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) Richard Garwin, who died on May 13, 2025, at the age of 97, was sometimes called “ the most influential ...

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog contends that curiosity-driven research helps us understand the world and could lead to unexpected benefits.

Who is known as the Father of Modern Physics? Without a doubt, the answer is Albert Einstein. His groundbreaking theories ...