Scientists may have discovered the most powerful particle colliders in the universe — and they're strewn throughout our ...

A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles—a new category of quantum particle—could be created in exotic materials.

A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in determining fundamental properties of atomic nuclei. The team conducted laser spectroscopy experiments on muonic helium-3. Muonic helium-3 is ...

Explore the fundamental components of an atom: protons, neutrons, and electrons. This video discusses why the traditional model of the atom is inaccurate, highlighting the unpredictable nature of ...

Manuel Endres, professor of physics at Caltech, specializes in finely controlling single atoms using devices known as optical ...

Most people have never heard of vacuum decay, but if it happened it would be the biggest natural disaster in the universe. If ...

This cataclysm would result from a change in the Higgs field, a quantum field that pervades all of space. It would be ...

The classical scientific theories by which we understand the world around us do not hold good at the subatomic level. There, ...

At CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), lead atom nuclei, accelerated in opposite directions, collide at speeds close to the ...

MIT physicists have taken the first-ever direct images of individual atoms interacting freely in space. Their findings, ...

This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Proclaimed by the UN, it celebrates the centenary of ...

“An atom has neutrons and protons in its nucleus ... “There it is!” Electrons are fundamental particles. As far as we know, they’re not made of anything smaller. Protons (and neutrons ...