Quantum mechanics looks at how things work at the atomic and subatomic levels, where particles behave in ways that seem ...

In a chilled lab where temperatures drop close to absolute zero, a speck of magnet hovers in place. This tiny magnet, ...

However, the problem with string theory is that it is so flexible that it can explain almost anything, making it nearly ...

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted not ...

An invisible force has long eluded detection within the halls of the world’s most famous particle accelerator—until now.

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help ...

Collaboration has obtained a high-precision cosmic-ray boron spectrum in the energy range of 10 GeV/n–8 TeV/n, and discovered ...

Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy, find physicists who worked out a way to probe photons ...

The discovery itself is simple and fundamental, but the applications stretch far and wide into astrophysics and quantum ...

Scientists say the phenomenon could “hint at” new particles or interactions between known particles that haven’t been ...

Silver-110’s decay reveals a promising path to measure antineutrino mass. New data could reshape future neutrino studies.

John Peoples was asked in the mid-1990s about the value of doing pure scientific research — that which has no predetermined benefit. “Knowledge is a form of wealth,” he replied. “It is an ...