Nobel laureate Dr. George Smoot, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe, has died. He was 80.

Eight department heads (27%) said they expected to face possible closure within the next two years. More than four in five ...

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A NASA research team including the University of Idaho Physics Professor, Dr. Matthew Hedman, discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. The team used imagery captured from NASA's James Webb Space ...

Supriya Chakrabarti, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Director, Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology will ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Hundreds of area high school students from a dozen schools enjoyed a hands-on physics and engineering competition at The University of Scranton on Thursday. The Hayes Family Science ...

Peter Bender, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell will give a talk on “Seeing the Invisible: High-Resolution γ-Ray Spectroscopy of Rare ...

Physicists have heated gold to over 19,000 Kelvin, more than 14 times its melting point, without melting it, smashing the long-standing “entropy catastrophe” limit. Using an ultra-fast laser pulse at ...

The algorithm is grounded in math and physics and allows a nuclear microreactor to automatically control its thermal power.

From the pyramids in Egypt, through the Mayan cities in South America, and up to ancient sites in Israel, archaeologists are struggling to find underground cavities,” said Professor Oded Lipschitz.

What is the meaning of life? Even the best of us couldn't hope to answer that question in a Universe Today article. But there ...