Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise ...

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper ...

Montgomery happened to find strikingly similar behavior in the prime numbers— specifically, the correlations between the ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, ...

Researchers in Germany and Australia have created a simple but powerful tool to detect nanoplastics—tiny, invisible particles that can slip through skin and even the blood-brain barrier. Using an ...

MIT physicists have put forth a strong theoretical case that a recently detected highly energetic neutrino may have been the product of a primordial black hole exploding outside our solar system.

As simple as that all may seem, not every manufacturer participates in testing or publishes CADR information, and some provide either a range of scores or a single composite score instead of three ...

The Alen BreatheSmart 35i may not be the most thoughtfully designed air purifier out there, but it makes up for its humble ...

The condition of our lungs can reveal a great deal about our wider health. Luckily you can also get them into better shape.

Hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science, she found ways to study rare radioactive isotopes and advanced the ...