The particles that are in an atom: protons, neutrons and electrons The particles that are in protons and neutrons: quarks The four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and ...

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China has successfully completed its first proof-of-concept experiment.

What would happen if you stuck your body inside a particle accelerator? The scenario seems like the start of a bad Marvel comic, but it happens to shed light on our intuitions about radiation, the ...

Physicists have discovered an exotic new state of matter that takes the form of a highly ordered crystal of subatomic particles. The new state of matter, called a "bosonic correlated insulator," could ...

Quantum mechanics is simultaneously beautiful and frustrating. Its explanatory power is unmatched. Armed with the machinery of quantum theory, we have unlocked the secrets of atomic power, divined the ...

Of all the subatomic particles that have any mass at all, the neutrino is the lightest by far. In comparison, the electron, itself a quantum featherweight, has a mass that is at least 500,000 times ...

The world’s most powerful particle accelerator has shattered every previous record, marking a pivotal moment for scientific ...

Sorry, Einstein: It looks like the world is spooky — even when your most famous theory is tossed out. This finding comes from a close look at quantum entanglement ...

In Ant-Man, Marvel's newest release, the titular superhero played by Paul Rudd has some impressive abilities — and a lot of dangerous work to do with said abilities. One of his powers is the ability ...

China is on track to unlock the mysteries behind a particle that is everywhere on earth yet extremely hard to detect, with ...