Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, developed atomic theory and taught that true happiness comes from wisdom, not wealth or ...

Anaxarchus, a Greek philosopher at Alexander the Great’s court, upheld wisdom and detachment, reflecting on the fleeting ...

and pleasantly,” was the motto of one of the fathers of medicine—a Greek who refuted the Hippocratic doctrine of the four humors in favor of a proto-microbial theory based on Democritus’ atomic theory ...

A team of scientists have developed a method to illuminate the dynamic behavior of nanoparticles, which are foundational ...

For over a century, physicists have grappled with one of the most profound questions in science: How do the rules of quantum ...

A new study in Physical Review Letters has used atomic clocks to study relativistic effects in interacting quantum systems.

AI startup Anthropic is gearing up to release its next major AI model, according to a report Thursday from The Information. The report describes Anthropic’s upcoming model as a “hybrid” that ...

An eight-megaton explosion would be over 500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, which had a yield of approximately 15 kilotons (0.015 megatons). The shocking video ...

Atomic and molecular physics it the study of the properties, dynamics and interactions of the basic (but not fundamental) building blocks of matter. A crucial component of this is understanding ...

Using modern portfolio theory, investors can build portfolios that maximize return for a given level of risk or minimize risk for a desired level of return. Since its introduction by Henry ...

[Translated by Dr. Robert W. Lawson.] THERE is something attractive in presenting the evolution of a sequence of ideas in as brief a form as possible, and yet with a completeness sufficient to ...

Atomic swaps allow direct cryptocurrency exchanges between blockchains without third parties. Utilizing smart contracts, atomic swaps automatically execute or cancel trades based on agreed terms ...