In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

A joint theoretical study by the University of Innsbruck and Zhejiang University has uncovered the microscopic origin of a ...

The cosmological constant is the mathematical description of the energy that drives the ever-accelerating expansion of the ...

Gross awarded $3 million “for a lifetime of groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics, from the strong force to ...

Live Science spoke with Nobel prize-winning physicist David Gross, who recently received the $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, about the quest to unite all the forces and ...

Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we ...

In a major breakthrough, scientists have observed electrons in graphene flowing like a nearly frictionless liquid, defying a core law of physics. This exotic quantum state not only reveals new ...

A neglected force produced by neutrinos and other particles helps atomic physics measurements align with predictions of the ...

Scientists from collaborations at Fermilab, CERN and Brookhaven National Laboratory have won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in ...

Nobel Prize-winning physicist David Gross has issued a stark warning that humanity stands a slim chance of surviving another ...

A decade-long effort to measure one of physics’ most fundamental constants culminates in a moment of uncertainty and revelation.

J. Colin Hill, an associate professor of physics, was awarded a New Horizons in Physics Prize by the Breakthrough Prize ...