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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Scientists at Fermilab’s MicroBooNE experiment have ruled out the existence of the elusive sterile neutrino, a particle ...

Physics has a bit of a messy problem: There's matter missing in our universe. Something is there that we can't see, but scientists can detect. "When we look at how stars move in galaxies, they move as ...

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 ...