Scientists have taken another giant step towards building the most precise clock ever imagined—one that could display not only the passage of time, but shifting rules of nature itself. An ...

The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

Developed by researchers at MIT, the method uses the atom’s own electrons as “messengers” within a molecule to help probe ...

MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup. By studying radium monofluoride, ...

Physicists found signs of a key shift in nuclear matter, a potential "tipping point." The study narrows where the strong ...

SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told a Salt Lake crowd it's time for a nuclear energy "renaissance" as ...