Scientists settle decade-old proton size mystery with lasers
Physicists at Colorado State University have measured the radius of a hydrogen proton with unprecedented precision, helping resolve…
New 7-Dimensional Theory May Finally Solve the Black Hole Information Paradox
Researchers propose that extra-dimensional spacetime torsion prevents black holes from fully evaporating, leaving remnants that preserve quantum information.…
The Universe’s Most Powerful Particles May Be Even Stranger Than Scientists Thought
Artist’s impression of an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray reaching Earth. New research suggests that some of the highest-energy cosmic…
ATLAS observes new Bc meson excited state
The ATLAS Collaboration reports the first observation of the Bc*+ meson – a new composite particle state containing…
Physicists May Be on the Verge of Discovering “New Physics” at CERN
Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have uncovered new hints that certain particle decays may not behave as…
The exotic particles that could finally break the Standard Model
An engineer works on equipment for the LHCb experiment inside the tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider.Credit: Francis…
Weird Quantum Gadget Spits Out Chaotic ‘Sound Particles’
Scientists can now sculpt the quantum states of tiny particles to their liking—an odd yet mind-blowing revolution leading…
Scientists Develop New Way To Track Particles in 3D
Illustration of the first prototype of a new monolithic detector system capable of performing ultrafast, 3D and high-resolution…
Scientists Were Wrong About This Strange “Rule-Breaking” Particle
A muon is a fundamental particle similar to an electron but about 200 times heavier and much less…
Prototype ‘Camera’ Offers a New Way to Visualize Elusive Ghost Particles
Central to many unsolved mysteries in physics are tiny, weakly interacting particles that require heavy-lift detection methods. This…
Physicists uncover quantum states that govern muon-catalyzed fusion
Muon-catalyzed fusion is one of those strange concepts that’s been promising enough to keep researchers interested, but stubbornly…
The coldest ever hunt for dark matter has begun deep underground
Two kilometres underground near Sudbury, Ont., a machine has reached a temperature so low it barely seems real.…