Scientists led by Hanns-Christoph Nägerl have observed anyons - quasiparticles that differ from the familiar fermions and ...

Quarks unexpectedly breaking symmetry in a recent experiment may transform our fundamental understanding of matter and the ...

Activities planned worldwide and year-round aim to commemorate the advent of quantum mechanics 100 years ago and highlight ...

Discover the fascinating world of particle physics — the most fundamental building blocks of the universe and the forces that ...

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

Researchers present new experimental and theoretical results for the bound electron g-factor in lithium-like tin which has a much higher nuclear charge than any previous measurement. The experimental ...

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 ...

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

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

At CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), lead atom nuclei, accelerated in opposite directions, collide at speeds close to the speed of light. In such scattering processes, the quarks and gluons that ...

“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 ...