New particle mass measurement deepens quantum mystery
Physicists have measured the mass of one of the universe’s basic building blocks, the W boson particle. The…
Physicists zero in on the mass of the fundamental W boson particle | MIT News
When fundamental particles are heavier or lighter than expected, physicists’ understanding of the universe can tip into the…
Scientists observe particles emerging from nothing
Scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider have observed particles emerging directly from empty space for the first…
Gravitational waves may be responsible for dark matter in the universe
Dark matter is thought to exist everywhere, wrapping around galaxies and helping to shape the largest things in…
“Near-misses” in particle accelerators can illuminate new physics, study finds | MIT News
Particle accelerators reveal the heart of nuclear matter by smashing together atoms at close to the speed of…
Experiment Reaches Critical Temperature to Unlock Search for Dark Matter
Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (03/18/2026) — University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers working on the Super…
One-in-10-billion particle decay event spotted by scientists at CERN
Researchers at CERN have just upgraded their understanding on one of the rarest particle processes ever observed, by…
CERN tests quantum microwire detectors for next-generation colliders
Researchers in the US have revealed that an emerging class of quantum sensors, called superconducting microwire single-photon detectors…
Trapping Anyons in a Single Dimension May Reveal New Types of Particle
Restricting a strange class of particles known as anyons to one dimension could force them into adopting one…
Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not
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Dive Into the Elusive World of Particles With the Global Physics Photowalk Finalists
Here’s something you rarely see so up close. The photograph above shows one of 18 optical modules inside…
America’s Largest Particle Collider Just Shut Down. Here’s What Happens Next
As foretold, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider—among the most powerful heavy-ion colliders in the world, second only to…