Physicist Frank Close's New Book Is a Welcome Rework of the Atomic Age

Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

The story of the birth and growth of nuclear science is rebalanced in Destroyer of Worlds, which gives due prominence to the role of women

Physicists observe a new form of magnetism for the first time

Boston MA (SPX) Jun 11, 2025 MIT physicists have demonstrated a new form of magnetism that could one day be harnessed to build faster, denser, and less power-hungry "spintronic" memory chips. The new magnetic state is a mash-up of two main forms of magnetism: the ferromagnetism of everyday fridge magnets and compass needles, and antiferromagnetism, in which materials have magnetic properties at the microscale yet are

Physicists Have Succeeded in Transforming "Lead Into Gold"… in a Blink of an Eye

At the heart of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), an experiment has taken place that is as close to modern-day alchemy as science has ever come. Scientists have managed to turn lead into gold, but the process was brief, and the results were far from what ancient alchemists imagined. This breakthrough, occurring in the lab under the intense conditions of the LHC, gives us a new perspective on nuclear physics and particle behavior. A Historic Ex…