Deep inside every atom lies a restless world of quarks and gluons—the tiny building ...

Particle accelerators reveal the heart of nuclear matter by smashing together atoms at close to the speed of light. The ...

Scientists are unlocking new secrets of the universe with tiny particles called plasmons. These plasmons allow researchers to confine powerful electromagnetic energy within spaces smaller than a grain ...

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Physicists from the European Center for Nuclear Research have discovered a new particle, the 80th in its history, whose ...

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Scientists have activated the smallest particle accelerator ever built—a tiny device roughly the size of a coin. This advancement opens new doors for particle acceleration, promising exciting ...

A lot of the science from our accelerators is published long after collisions end, so storing experimental data for future physicists is crucial. About a billion pairs of particles collide every ...

The Big Bang theory is the leading hypothesis for the formation of the universe and everything in it. But when the particles ...

Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered a new particle, the Ξ cc ⁺, (“Xi cc plus”), a heavier cousin of the proton. The particle’s fleeting existence had made it invisible for ...