Boston researchers Stuart Orkin and Lee Roberts were honored with one of the six Breakthrough Prizes for achievements in life ...

A University of Washington professor and hundreds of others who measured the muon's magnetism have won a $3 million ...

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced Ecuador-based student Matea Cañizarez as the winner of the 11th annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a global competition that empowers young people ...

Nuclear-powered alchemy could even be key to transitioning the world away from fossil fuels, according to one San Francisco ...

Dark matter is supposed to be everywhere, threaded through the Milky Way and outnumbering ordinary matter by a wide margin.

Three life-science prizes were awarded for advances in gene therapies. Opthalmologists Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire, and ...

Crews at Sanford Underground Research Facility completed the first test lift of a 43-foot, 15,800-pound steel beam for DUNE, validating a new underground transport system.

The end of a significant membership has some wondering whether Australia's days as an astronomy powerhouse are numbered.

Multiple scientists linked to UFO research, nuclear labs and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have mysteriously vanished or ...

Predicting material properties remains a major challenge in materials science, as it often requires complex and ...