U.S. scientists are developing an innovation that could reduce nuclear waste storage time by 99.7%, transmuting long-lived radioactive materials into shorter-lived isotopes. The Jefferson Lab project, ...

Heading into the 2026 Winter Olympics, figure skating was expected to be a heavy hitter. The competition rarely disappoints -- the axels, toe loops, Salchows and Lutzes that make up skaters' routines ...

Alysa Liu won a gold medal in women's individual figure skating on Thursday, making her the first U.S. woman to take the Olympic podium in the event since 2006. Japan's Kaori Sakamoto took silver and ...

For more than two decades, U.S. women’s figure skating carried the legacy of past Olympic champions like Sarah Hughes, whose gold medal performance at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics stood as the ...

MILAN — When Alysa Liu realized she had won the women’s figure skating final, she ran to one of the Japanese skaters she just outperformed. She and Ami Nakai, who was in the lead heading into Thursday ...

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Now that all of the figure skating medals have ...

Team USA women's figure skater Alysa Liu won gold in the women's free skate final Thursday, ending a 20-year medal drought for American women in the event and a 24-year drought for gold. The last ...

Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the silver medal in ice dance at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The American duo believes the confusing results do a disservice to figure skating and its fans. Judges' ...

Alysa Liu is bringing home another gold medal from the 2026 Winter Olympics. The American standout topped the podium in the women’s figure skating event on Thursday, finishing with a combined score of ...

Alysa Liu’s comeback is golden. Less than two years after coming out of retirement, Liu captured America’s first medal in women’s figure skating in 20 years — and it is colored gold for the first time ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Artistic Gymnastics and Olympic Sports Analyst and Author. On Thursday in Milan, Adeliia Petrosian hit the ice and did what no ...

Figure skating has become a sport that awards athletes for achieving speed, spins and jumps – and the ability to land with grace on a steel blade 4 mm (0.16-inch) wide on a notoriously slippery ...