Take a deep breath … now consider, for a moment, the chemical compounds that have filled your lungs. As most of us know, air contains just the right amount of oxygen (21%) and nitrogen (78%) to allow ...

If you've ever watched a flock of birds move in perfect unison or seen ripples travel across a pond, you've witnessed nature's remarkable ability to coordinate motion. Recently, a team of scientists ...

Dipangkar Dutta receives funding from US Dept. of Energy and NSF. A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What ...