A team of physicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria has now identified what breaks that symmetry: a thin, ...

In a recent Nature paper, physicists attribute a molecular “film” of carbon to phenomena like. Theoretically speaking, volcanic ash—a gassy lump of collid ...

A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

The return journey to the Moon is gradually starting to take form as NASA works towards launching its powerful rocket to take ...

New observations are helping scientists peer beneath the Sun’s surface, revealing where its magnetic activity may truly begin. Every 11 years, the Sun’s magnetic field reverses. As that cycle unfolds, ...

Delhi is set to witness one of its coldest days in March on Friday, with maximum temperatures plunging to near-winter levels ...

The spark that transfers a charge from one carbon particle to another, generating lightning and possibly life itself, is finally understood.

Delhi witnessed sudden dust storms, thunderstorms and rain due to a western disturbance. The system brought temperature ...

There’s a shocking lack of understanding of the physics underlying this commonplace phenomenon, but researchers are on the ...

The familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviours.

Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark. This phenomenon may have provided the energy to kick off life on Earth. But if these solid particles have the same composition, what factor ...