Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction. We are born and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have made a major breakthrough that takes us a step closer to developing a nuclear ...

Part one of a four part series on the fundamental forces (or interactions) of physics begins with the strong force or strong ...

College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) physicists at Syracuse University have launched a new tracking device to research the fundamental forces and particles in the universe. The device, known as the ...

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 ...

In recent years, a group of Hungarian researchers have made headlines with a bold claim. They say they’ve discovered a new particle — dubbed X17 — that requires the existence of a fifth force of ...

It could rock the very foundations of modern science. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Just four numbers underpin the laws of ...

Gravity is a ubiquitous part of our daily lives — whether we’re being tragically brought to our knees after tripping on the rug or gleefully jumping from a swing’s apex. But despite how common the ...

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