This Potential Cancer Treatment Requires Modern Alchemy
Scientists are ramping up production of the isotope actinium 225, which could help treat prostate cancer
This Potential Cancer Treatment Requires Modern Alchemy
Scientists are ramping up production of the isotope actinium 225, which could help treat prostate cancer
Large Hadron Collider’s $17-Billion Successor Moves Forward
A feasibility study on CERN’s Future Circular Collider identifies where and how the machine could be built—but its construction is far from assured
Why Aren’t We Made of Antimatter?
To understand why the universe is made of matter and not antimatter, physicists are looking for a tiny signal in the electron
A Hunt for Sterile Neutrinos Could Unlock Deep Cosmic Secrets
The Short-Baseline Neutrino Program will try to determine once and for all whether sterile neutrinos are real
Road Map for U.S. Particle Physics Wins Broad Approval
A major report plotting the future of U.S. particle physics calls for cuts to the beleaguered DUNE project, advocates a “muon shot” for a next-generation collider and recommends a new survey of the universe’s oldest observable light
This Year's Physics Nobel Awards Scientists for Slicing Reality into Attoseconds
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier split the award for their ability to picture nature in a billionth of a billionth of a second
What Happens if You Drop Antimatter? New Gravitational Test Sees First Fall
In theory, physicists knew that antimatter should behave just like matter under gravity’s pull. But until now, no one had ever seen it happen
How Antisemitism and Professional Betrayal Marred Lise Meitner’s Scientific Legacy
Letters between Lise Meitner and the chemist Otto Hahn reveal how she struggled with Hahn's failure to credit her work and condemn the Nazi atrocities
To Get Kids Interested in Science, We Have to Let Them Do Science
A pilot program for high schoolers offers a blueprint in getting students involved in cutting-edge particle physics research
She Cracked the Mystery of How to Split the Atom, but Someone Else Got the Nobel Prize for the Discovery
Lise Meitner, an Austrian-born Jewish physicist, never received the Nobel Prize she deserved for her pioneering work on nuclear fission
Rare Superheavy Oxygen Isotope Is Detected at Last
The long-awaited discovery of oxygen 28 might prompt physicists to revamp theories of how atomic nuclei are structured
Perpetual Puzzle