Head of nonprofit developing next generation of tech professions outlines 'mindset Connecticut will need if it hopes to sustain a quantum economy.' ...

Astronomers tracked a decade of dramatic changes in P13, a neutron star undergoing supercritical accretion. Its X-ray ...

A moment to celebrate: Tom Grinyer, chief executive officer of the Institute of Physics, welcomes attendees to a reception in ...

The Quetzalcoatlus northropi was the largest flying animal that ever lived. The huge pterosaur existed during the Late ...

Photonic computing represents not a radical departure from familiar territory, but rather a natural extension along the electromagnetic spectrum. The transition from gigahertz to hundreds of terahertz ...

The initial magnitude scale was established by Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 135 B.C.E., categorizing approximately 850 stars into six ranges from 1st (brightest) to 6th (faintest) magnitude.

Geologists say a magnitude 10 earthquake is impossible, while the ‘Big One’ expected to come from the West Valley Fault is projected to have a magnitude of 7.2 Claim: The “Big One,” the strong ...

Computation and magnitude provides the tools we need to compare, measure, and comprehend quantities in a meaningful way. Percentages allow us to discuss increases and decreases succinctly, making them ...

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake Friday morning off the southern Philippines damaged buildings, knocked out power, killed at least two people and prompted evacuations of coastal areas nearby due to a ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck La Union on Thursday morning, with tremors felt in parts of northern Luzon, Phivolcs said. Phivolcs initially measured the tremor at magnitude 4 ...

The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Bogo City on Tuesday evening is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in northern Cebu, according to PHIVOLCS. In Jun Veneracion’s Wednesday report on “24 ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Cebu on Tuesday night, killing at least 61 people, damaging heritage churches and other structures, and knocking out power in parts of the ...