The particle in question, known as a sterile neutrino, was supposed to only interact with gravity and have zero interactions ...

You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.

Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, low-cost particle detector that tracks muons, invisible particles that ...

In the future, quantum computers are anticipated to solve problems once thought unsolvable, from predicting the course of ...

China’s decision to halt work on what was meant to be the world’s largest particle accelerator has reshaped the global race ...

A team of physicists has coaxed a single, photon-like particle into behaving as if it lives in 37 different quantum ...

The theorized unseen structure of spacetime could also explain of the outstanding questions about the accelerating expansion ...

A proposed funding program for small- and medium-scale projects reveals insights into the science, logistical challenges, and future of particle physics research. Particle physicists have a reputation ...

Picture a particle physicist. What do they look like as they do their research? There's a certain popular image of what a scientist looks like while they make their discoveries, according to Dr.

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Two leading scientists discuss the future of their field. Credit...Ariel Davis Supported by By Dennis Overbye The future belongs to those who prepare for it, as scientists who petition federal ...

Peter Higgs, the theoretical physicist who predicted the existence of the Higgs boson, has died at the age of 94. The University of Edinburgh confirmed the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's April 8 ...