Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?

In Part 4, Carolyn Krause learns more about the processes behind BWXT and LIS Technologies, which will be part of the nuclear ...

Microscopic crystals extracted from meteorites could help settle a debate about the birth of our patch of the Milky Way.

Quantum technologies, computers or other devices that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, rely on the precise ...

Five UW researchers have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows this week, joining a prestigious cohort of early-career ...

Embedding non-harmful radioactive isotopes into the horns of rhinos renders them impossible to traffic through seaports and ...

With breakthrough new technology that measures water isotopes on the move, Michigan Tech research scientist Ben Kopec and his team are driving, boating and snowmobiling around the Keweenaw to help ...

A study confirms that Homo erectus, the direct ancestor of modern humans, arrived hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previous studies indicated, rewriting our understanding of early human ...

Scientists have long used isotopes in water molecules to study where atmospheric moisture comes from, but tracking its movement across the global water cycle remains complex. Now, researchers are ...

In the basement studio of the New Ballet in San Jose, a single figure crouched in a low lunge lifts his head, unfolding upwards like a flower turning toward a rising sun. He traverses the space in a ...