In large nuclear reactors, people make these adjustments manually, but that can be cost-prohibitive for small reactors. The ...

Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

A rediscovered formula is changing how we understand the hidden journeys of airborne particles. Researchers at the University of Warwick have created a straightforward new way to predict how ...

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 appointed four new University Professors last Wednesday, Harvard’s highest faculty distinction.

Chen Ning Yang (Ph.D. ’48), a Nobel Prize–winning physicist whose research transformed understanding of how particles behaved ...

It's the 18th hole and the game's on the line. You line up your putt, take a breath, and roll the ball toward the hole. The ...

Extreme weather events such as heavy rain and flooding pose growing challenges for early warning systems worldwide.

How do we know the speed of light – and why does it have a speed limit at all? Leah Crane explores the history of one of the most important numbers in the universe ...

Ashoka University is charting a course for intensive growth, rooted in its pioneering liberal arts tradition while ramping up ...

LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, are essential components in near-eye displays like virtual reality and augmented reality ...

Scientists have upended long-held assumptions about thermal conductivity, revealing that boron arsenide crystals can conduct heat even better than diamond. Researchers at the University of Houston ...