Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson shares what might happen to our atoms in death, comparing burial and cremation.

The detection and study of isotopes, atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons, could expand the ...

Every atom in our bodies has a long history. These atoms have traveled through stars and countless organisms. When any creature dies, its atoms are released and spread. This means we share our atomic ...

Some of the heaviest atoms in the universe barely exist long enough to be ...

By directing pulses of laser light at atoms, researchers can study how radioactive elements decay in a matter of seconds. The ...

Deep inside planets like Uranus and Neptune, scientists may have uncovered a bizarre new state of matter where atoms behave ...

Teleportation sounds clean until the machinery gets involved. A person steps into a chamber, presses a button, and appears ...

We don't want to alarm you, but those bananas in your kitchen — they're radioactive. Before you don a hazmat suit, read the ...

University of Manchester chemists and international collaborators have isolated a rare three‑atom bismuth ring and shown it ...

For Adam Piotr Pikul of the Polish Academy of Sciences, there is always more to understand about the basic physics of uranium ...

Tungsten is also considered (alongside tin, tantalum and gold – a group often known as 3TG metals) as a conflict mineral. A ...

Scientists report a possible new state of matter formed under extreme pressure and heat inside Uranus and Neptune.