Now, H.E.S.S. scientists are excited because they’ve detected the highest energy electrons and positrons to date (a positron ...

Dark matter made out of axions may have the power to make space-time ring like a bell, but only if it is able to steal energy ...

The nature of dark matter has puzzled astronomers since discovering that 85% of the universe's matter is invisible through ...

Particle physicists have been looking for so-called "sterile neutrinos" for a few decades now. They are a hypothesized ...

The flexibility of RNA makes it notoriously challenging to study, as its structure can shift into numerous forms depending on ...

A research team at European XFEL and DESY has achieved a major advance in X-ray science by generating unprecedented high-power attosecond hard X-ray ...

FRUIT FLIES are smart. For a start—the clue is in the name—they can fly. They can also flirt; fight; form complex, long-term memories of their surroundings; and even warn one another about the ...

Quantum confinement occurs when an electron is confined to a space that is so small that it can't move around. When this happens, the effective mass of the electron and the properties of the material ...

Albert Einstein’s prediction about how gravity behaves has been tested on a cosmic scale. Albert Einstein’s prediction about ...

Physicists find themselves wishing upon a star (to explode) to solve one of the most frustrating questions in science.

Was Mars just like Earth billions of years ago? A new study is making a very compelling case that our Martian neighbor may ...

MACE telescope in Ladakh is a cutting-edge gamma-ray observatory aiding in dark matter research and high-energy astrophysics.