As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing ...

In 1957, Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee won the Nobel Prize for discovering parity law violations in weak interactions, ...

UC Berkeley emeritus professor John Clarke, UC Santa Barbara professor Michel H. Devoret and UC Santa Barbara professor John ...

Nobel laureates demonstrate quantum tunnelling in macroscopic systems, impacting quantum computing and highlighting the ...

An experimental technique that started life in nuclear and particle physics is now being used to measure chemical reactions inside the human body and to help diagnose cancer and heart disease in ...

A “muon shot” aims to study the basic forces of the cosmos. But meager federal budgets could limit its ambitions. By Dennis Overbye and Katrina Miller Friday, Dec. 8: This story was updated to include ...

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis have been awarded the Physics Nobel Prize for their work on quantum ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. One of the biggest questions in particle physics is whether the ...

The 2025 Nobel prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for the discovery of an effect that has applications in ...

The strong nuclear force may abruptly loosen its grip on the fundamental particles that make up matter at a special “critical ...

Launch: The Max Planck–IAS–NTU Center (MPC) was officially inaugurated on September 1, 2025, in Taipei, Taiwan. A highlight of the ceremony was the formal exchange of the agreement, signed by Claudia ...