Quantum physics didn’t set out to explain the mind. It set out to explain matter. And yet, the deeper scientists went into ...

Research by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has played a supporting role in the recent major advance in the production of fusion power at ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The strange behavior of quantum physics might seem too unpredictable to rely on for our energy ...

Two decades after the Chernobyl accident, Tony Goddard believes that nuclear power must continue to be used to generate electricity Exactly 20 years ago this month, on 21 April 1986, workers at the ...

In physics, power is the rate at which energy is transferred, used, or transformed. The unit of power is the joule per second (J/s), known as the watt (in honor of James Watt, the eighteenth-century ...

This isn't actually a real Iron Man suit. But it does fly. It's a flying suit made by Gravity Industries, a young British startup that builds what they call 'jet suits.' The system uses six ...

WE LIVE in the age of information. We are surrounded by it, and more of it year by year. It is the currency of human understanding, our indispensable guide to navigating a complex world. But what, ...