News
- Physics
Proton-boron nuclear fusion returns to spotlight
A technique can fuse nuclei without producing harmful neutrons, but it is far from being power plant–ready.
- Science & Society
2013 Nobels decades in the making
Prizes show that discovery takes inspiration plus perspiration.
- Particle Physics
Higgs field prediction lands Nobel Prize in physics
The famous particle’s detection last year confirmed the laureates’ 1964 proposal.
- Earth
African dust once fertilized the Everglades
Humans aren't the only source of nutrients for Florida’s wetlands. African dust may have fertilized the region thousands of years ago.
- Health & Medicine
Medicine Nobel goes to cellular transport research
Honor given to three scientists who discovered how machinery moves cargo around cells.
