The world’s most powerful particle accelerator has shattered every previous record, marking a pivotal moment for scientific ...

Scientists recently fired up the world's smallest particle accelerator for the first time. The tiny technological triumph, which is around the size of a small coin, could open the door to a wide range ...

To visit a truly strange land full of wonder and mystery, you don't have to sneak through a magical cabinet, ride a flying creature that shouldn't be able to fly or jump recklessly through a portal ...

It is thought that the earliest spark of a lightning bolt could arise directly from charged ice crystals. Yet the exact ...

Now that they’ve identified the Higgs boson, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have set their sights on an even more elusive target. All around us is dark matter and dark energy—the invisible ...

Deep underground in southern China, there is a 20,000-ton tank of liquid that can detect neutrinos. Named JUNO, the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The grand explanation physicists use to ...

The FINANCIAL — After three years of shutdown, the most powerful particle accelerator has been switched on today and will shortly begin another run of cutting-edge physics. The Large Hadron Collider ...

Particle physics has revolutionized the way we look at the universe. Along the way, it’s made significant impacts on other fields of science, improved daily life for people around the world and ...

Well, this is one of the more interesting games we’ve seen in a while. It’s called Particle Hearts—a third-person adventure title developed by Underwater Fire and published by First Break Labs. What ...

Air pollution involving very fine dust, such as PM2.5 particles, poses a serious threat to human health. Scientists in Austria have developed what they call the smallest particle sensor in the world, ...

Murray Gell-Mann made many pioneering contributions to particle physics. (Credit: CERN) The theoretical particle physicist Murray Gell-Mann, who was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize for Physics, has died ...