A new quantum theory bridges two rival models of how impurities behave inside many-particle systems, resolving a problem that has challenged physicists for decades. The findings could reshape ...

Scientists at CERN have discovered an ultra-rare particle decay process, opening a new path to find physics beyond our understanding of how the building blocks of matter interact. This is an ...

Buried deep underground, this extraordinary machine has already transformed humanity's understanding of the universe.

A philosopher has put forward an argument for rethinking how particles are defined within the standard model of particle ...

It’s difficult to overstate just how much the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has helped advance our understanding of the ...

For decades, physicists searched for a missing piece of nature's puzzle, an elusive particle believed to explain why matter ...

After Higgs Boson: Physics’ Next Move to Understand the Universe It’s been more than a decade since the European Organization for Nuclear Research (known as CERN) discovered the Higgs Boson, using ...

The W boson, one of the tiniest, most elementary particles in the known universe is causing a big ruckus in the field of particle physics. According to the Standard Model, W bosons (together with ...

A shock measurement of the mass of a fundamental particle called the W boson ignited the physics world in April, as it appeared to flout the standard model of particle physics. Hundreds of papers have ...

A team of researchers used 3D particle simulations to model the acceleration of ions and electrons in a physical process called magnetic reconnection. The results could contribute to the understanding ...

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, shut down the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful ...