Observations from high-flying aircraft revealed that thunderclouds act as natural particle accelerators, emitting energetic ...

This program simulates radioactive decay using physical dice rolls. It models how unstable (parent) isotopes decay into stable (daughter) isotopes over time by using randomized dice behavior. The ...

Authorities in Ohio plan to test the groundwater supply across a village near a former weapons plant after a newspaper ...

A collaboration of US-based researchers has turned to the PROSPECT-I detector at ORNL in search of the elusive sterile ...

A weathered sign in the Minnesota River Valley proudly proclaims: “World’s Oldest Rock.” Erected in 1975, it marks a 3.8-billion-year-old gneiss — or so scientists thought.

The gas is invisible and odorless, and can cause lung cancer after becoming trapped in homes and buildings. But there are ...

New research using moon rocks from the Apollo missions has revealed hidden dangers facing future astronauts. The study, ...

The EPA says radon should be mitigated if air quality tests show four picocuries — a unit of radioactive decay — per liter, and people should start considering mitigation at two picocuries.

Helium is considered a critical mineral that’s needed to help Canada compete in a high-tech economy, and industry players are ...

The physics & astronomy professor joins an international team in detecting solar neutrinos, advancing search for elusive dark ...

Dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up a significant portion of the universe, continues to puzzle scientists. For ...

A Discovery Deep Beneath the Pyrenees Something big just bubbled up from deep below the surface — and we're not talking about ...