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Particle Physics

In a first, physicists accelerate atoms in the Large Hadron Collider

Ionized lead atoms took a spin around the world’s biggest particle accelerator.

Astronomy

How the Parker probe was built to survive close encounters with the sun

Scientists had to get creative in testing the technology for the Parker Solar Probe, using huge mirrors, dust tunnels and even reams of paper.

Neuroscience

Soccer headers may hurt women’s brains more than men’s

Women sustain more damage from heading soccer balls than men, a brain scan study suggests.

Health & Medicine

A medical mystery reveals a new host for the rat lungworm parasite

Doctors report that A.