Almost everything on Earth is made up of atoms, but where do these fundamental building blocks come from?
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Another day, another zap. Understanding the physics of static electricity can help you not get static shocks quite so often.
Scientists have been searching Earth’s surface for superheavy elements too difficult to make in the lab, but now, many are looking to the skies instead.
A physicist explains how atoms arrange themselves into molecules – and how scientists are able to image these tiny bits of matter that make up everything around you.
Nuclear isomers are rare versions of elements with properties that mystified physicists when first discovered. Isomers are now used in medicine and astronomy, and researchers are set to discover thousands more of them.
A decadelong experiment produced the most accurate measurement yet of the mass of W bosons. These particles are responsible for the weak force, and the result is more evidence for undiscovered physics.
Cosmologists had only been able to find half the matter that should exist in the universe. With the discovery of a new astronomical phenomenon and new telescopes, researchers just found the rest.
A particle physicist explains just what this keystone theory includes. After 50 years, it’s the best we’ve got to answer what everything in the universe is made of and how it all holds together.
A protein found in the skin of the common pencil squid can conduct positive electrical charges (protons) and could be used…
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Glenn Starkman is a Friend of The Conversation.Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve University
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