Scientists have revealed how gold’s atomic structure shifts when the metal is crushed under pressures 10 million times ...

The experiments were led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in collaboration with other institutions. By ...

In labs around the world, scientists chase forces too faint to see and too small to touch. They hunt for tiny magnetic ...

Laboratory astrophysics is the study of astrophysical phenomena in the laboratory (Earth- or space-based). This might include various aspects of astrochemistry (chemical reactions under extreme ...

Researchers are trying to design fuel targets that perform under the extreme conditions of a fusion reaction chamber, where ...

Using intense X-rays, researchers captured a buckyball as it expanded, split and shed electrons under strong laser fields.

Antimatter particles are mirror versions of matter particles, with the opposite values of properties such as electric charge.

Using a precisely aligned pair of laser beams, scientists can now hold a single aerosol particle in place and monitor how it charges up. The particle’s glow signals each step in its changing ...

Deep in the heart of the matter, some numbers don't add up. For example, while protons and neutrons are made of quarks, nature's fundamental building blocks bound together by gluons, their masses are ...