Mark Thomson takes the reins at the CERN particle-physics lab, which recently received $1bn in private donations for its next collider project, as Michael Banks reports ...

Physicists have long relied on the idea that electrons behave like tiny particles zipping through materials, even though ...

The theorized unseen structure of spacetime could also explain of the outstanding questions about the accelerating expansion of the universe.

Two ghostlike particles, neutrinos and photons, are emerging as unlikely combatants in a quiet revolution in physics. New ...

The particle in question, known as a sterile neutrino, was supposed to only interact with gravity and have zero interactions ...

One of the discoveries that fundamentally distinguished the emerging field of quantum physics from classical physics was the observation that matter ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For nearly a century, the magnetic anomaly of the fundamental particle known as a muon has served as a means to test theories against experimental ...

At TU Wien, researchers have discovered a state in a quantum material that had previously been considered impossible. The ...

Bizarre particle gains or loses mass depending on direction it travels By Michael Irving December 11, 2024 Scientists have accidentally discovered a strange particle that has mass when it moves in one ...

On Monday, the Society of Physics Students, or SPS, welcomed Helen Quinn — a renowned particle physicist — to deliver the Howard L. Schultz Sr. Price Lecture. During the talk, Quinn spoke on her ...

Harald Fox receives funding from UKRI. Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that ...