A recent study offers proof of feasibility for using cosmic radiation detectors to discover underground spaces. The detectors ...

In a collaboration that demonstrates the power of innovation and teamwork, physicists and engineers at the Department of ...

Walk into any modern hospital, and you’ll find a medical imaging department. Medical imaging uses x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and other arcane-sounding methods like positron emission ...

A team of Israeli researchers has developed a breakthrough that could transform archaeology: the ability to map underground ...

The most powerful particle collider currently lies about 100 meters underground, circling several French and Swiss towns northwest of Geneva. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) revs up protons to ...

From the pyramids in Egypt, through the Maya cities in South America, to ancient sites in Israel, archaeologists struggle to ...

Earth is constantly being struck by cosmic particles. High-energy muons can easily penetrate several meters of steel or concrete. A team at the German independent research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. If you want to probe the frontiers of fundamental physics, you have to ...

Cosmic and terrestrial radiation can cause correlated errors in superconducting qubits, disrupting quantum coherence and ...

Radiation is still leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after the 2011 tsunami-related meltdown in Japan, making any damage assessment dangerous for both humans and machines. Instead, high ...