China finds first strong evidence of mysterious new matter glueball
In a global first, researchers at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) in China have found experimental…
3 Questions: Searching for new physics with “beauty” particles | MIT News
The Standard Model of particle physics is a well established theory that describes the fundamental particles and forces…
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 make ytterbium atomic clock that could detect dark matter
Physicists have developed a highly precise and ultra-sensitive atomic clock based on ytterbium, which could test the limits…
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…
Scientists observe single top quark with W, Z bosons for first time
Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have detected a phenomenon that happens only every trillion proton collisions,…
Physicists Revive a 19th-Century Theory of “Cosmic Knots” to Help Untangle the Mysteries of Dark Matter and Neutrinos
A long-dismissed idea involving “cosmic knots” could help explain several of the universe’s most perplexing mysteries—including the origins…
KATRIN experiment set new powerful limits on rare neutrino interactions
They slip through walls, pass through planets, and rarely leave a trace. Can you guess what “they” are?…