Thermonuclear reaction rates power the models that explain how stars live, explode and create the elements. A new study co-authored by NC State faculty member Richard Longland provides a comprehensive ...

Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future standard for measuring time.

India's indigenous satellite navigation system NavIC faces fresh reliability concerns after IRNSS-1F's atomic clock failure, ...

Scientists have discovered that male fireflies in a South Carolina swamp follow local interaction rules to synchronize their flashing mating displays. The research is being presented at a meeting of ...

Atomic clocks are the heart of any satellite navigation system, providing the ultra-precise timing required to determine ...

How is knowing about India’s indigenous navigation satellite system relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics such as the Uniform Civil Code, BRICS, and the West Asia crisis hold for both ...

Why these questions for Prelims 2026? Kickstart your UPSC Prelims preparation early. Brush up on your current affairs knowledge with this week’s top questions and consolidate your UPSC CSE preparation ...

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

The Free Press likes to publish provocative takes that punch holes in established ideologies. When that ethos is applied to the subject of climate change, the result is a largely one-sided perspective ...

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing technologies of its kind. The ...

Pushed down to a certain scale, the laws of physics seem to fall apart. Astrid Eichhorn, a leader in an area of study called asymptotic safety, thinks we just need to push a little further.