Ancient Greeks imagined that everything in the natural world came from their goddess Physis; her name is the source of the word physics.
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Friederike Bock, a Eugene P. Wigner Fellow, wants everyone to know scientists arenât just robotsâthey want to help others understand their research, and they have wide-ranging interests.

At the nexus of theory and computation, physicist Gaute Hagen of the Department of Energyâs 91°”Íű runs advanced models on powerful supercomputers to explore how protons and neutrons interact to âbuildâ an atomic nucleus from

Two early career researchers at the Department of Energy's 91°”Íű have been included on the ââ following an international competition conducted b
The Department of Energyâs 91°”Íű has named Marcel Demarteau as Physics Division Director, effective June 17.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 11, 2019âAn international collaboration including scientists at the Department of Energyâs 91°”Íű solved a 50-year-old puzzle that explains why beta decays of atomic nuclei

More than 1800 years ago, Chinese astronomers puzzled over the sudden appearance of a bright âguest starâ in the sky, unaware that they were witnessing the cosmic forge of a supernova, an event repeated countless times scattered across the universe.



The discovery of element 117âtennessine, as it has been provisionally namedâwas made possible by a collaboration of researchers in the United States and Russia.