Physicists with the STAR Collaboration have reported their strongest evidence yet for a long-sought feature in nuclear physics known as the “critical point.” The team analyzed gold-ion collision data ...

Yale physicist Helen Caines has arrived at a key juncture in her long campaign to understand the “critical point” and the “strong force” of nuclear matter. In the subatomic realm, the universe’s ...

Climate change is becoming increasingly damaging to urban populations, and officials in the Middle East are now warning that entire cities could be in danger of mass water shortages and desertion if ...

Water shortages around the world are causing droughts, health problems and leading to conflicts. Fueled by population growth, rapid urbanisation and climate change, the number of people living in ...

As demand increases for low-carbon technologies to power the energy transition, the acquisition of critical materials—so-called given their integral role in the transition of energy activities—is ...