A hands-on physics experiment challenges a common misconception, using a balloon and a drone to reveal what really happens according to the laws of physics. Donald Trump issues funding threat to ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

While California's Central Valley was experiencing a persistent form of "radiation fog" in late 2025, the fog wasn't radioactive. In fact, radiation fog is the most common type of fog in most of the ...

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The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was an actual radioactive toy and learning set sold in the early 1950s. The $49.50 set came with four samples of uranium-bearing ores (autunite, torbernite, ...

Condensed-matter physics is the study of substances in their solid state. This includes the investigation of both crystalline solids in which the atoms are positioned on a repeating three-dimensional ...

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Nuclear physics is the study of the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom and the interactions that hold them together in a space just a few femtometres (10-15 metres) across. Example nuclear ...

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