The Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution describes the probability distribution of molecular speeds in a sample of an ideal gas.

Satyendra Nath Bose didn’t just make huge contributions to quantum science, he also welcomed women into what was at the time a male-dominated field. Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta and Rupamanjari Ghosh discuss ...

Thanks to A.I., companies like WindBorne hope to usher in a golden age of forecasting. But they rely in part on government ...

Scientists have done a lot of good for our society that we should forever be grateful for, like generating enough knowledge to invent vaccines, electricity, the camera, and the Internet, among other ...

MARTIN, Tenn. – Women are making great strides in fields relating to science, technology, engineering and math – the noted ...

A new study shows entanglement can be reversed—if you plug in a quantum battery. The finding rewrites the rules of the quantum world.

Physicists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have a novel plan to uncover an unknown fifth force of nature long theorized to exist ...

Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, retired scientist and Fellow of Los Alamos National Laboratory passed away on June 24, 2025 in ...

The John Henry Rowe Endowed Scholarship is a tribute to the remarkable career and enduring legacy of John Henry Rowe. This ...

Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A ...

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When NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with a small asteroid moon in late 2022, the impact made history. It was the first ...