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

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

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 ...

Europe's physics lab CERN is planning to build a particle-smasher even bigger than its Large Hadron Collider to continue searching for answers to some of the universe's tiniest yet most profound ...

Everything we see around us, from the ground beneath our feet to the most remote galaxies, is made of matter. For scientists, that has long posed a problem: According to physicists’ best current ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator, is entering a major upgrade phase.

Physicists are eyeing charged gravitinos—ultra-heavy, stable particles from supergravity theory—as possible Dark Matter candidates. Unlike axions or WIMPs, these particles carry electric charge but ...

Elementary particle physics reflects the human quest to understand the basic building blocks of nature and the rules that govern the physical world. This quest has led not only to critical scientific ...

François Englert, a Belgian theoretical physicist who played a pivotal role in the discovery of the so-called 'God ...

Head to Switzerland for a tour of CERN, the world’s largest particle physics research laboratory, to discover the secrets of ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...