Scientists are warning that a largely invisible pollutant is turning up in places long assumed to be safe, from quiet forests ...

If you've ever watched a flock of birds move in perfect unison or seen ripples travel across a pond, you've witnessed nature's remarkable ability to coordinate motion. Recently, a team of scientists ...

Scientists recommend filtered tap water and drinking from a stainless steel reusable bottle. In A Nutshell Switching to tap ...

Take a deep breath … now consider, for a moment, the chemical compounds that have filled your lungs. As most of us know, air contains just the right amount of oxygen (21%) and nitrogen (78%) to allow ...

Scientists have found “strange quarks” that originated as virtual particles that sprang from nothing Quantum physics paints a strange picture of the world, one filled with spooky connections, ...

Physicist Richard Feynman invented them to describe the interactions between real particles. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This ...

Several years ago, scientists discovered that a single microscopic particle could rock back and forth on its own under a ...

Dipangkar Dutta receives funding from US Dept. of Energy and NSF. A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What ...