Researchers using China’s “artificial sun” fusion reactor have broken through a long-standing density barrier in fusion ...

A single atom as a movable slit: Researchers realize Einstein's thought experiment in original form, observing ...

In a new milestone for fusion energy research, physicists in China say they have exceeded the plasma-density limit.

A tokamak is a toroidal device that employs magnetic confinement to achieve controlled nuclear fusion. It resembles a helical "magnetic racetrack," effectively confining high-temperature plasma to ...

Researchers have finally resolved a century-old debate over the famous "double slit" experiment, according to new research.

China’s EAST reactor just broke a fundamental fusion limit—bringing the dream of ignition a big step closer. shutterstock.

Researchers working on China's fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally ...

Physicists in China have brought one of Einstein’s thought experiments into reality—but not quite with the outcome he hoped ...

Scientists in China have performed an experiment first proposed by Albert Einstein almost a century ago when he sought to ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

Here’s what you'll learn in this story: In 1907, a physician named Duncan MacDougall published a controversial paper, claiming the human soul weighs just 21 grams. In his experiment, MacDougall used ...