When I was four years old, my pregnant mother drove my sister and me out to Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah to visit my father ...

Although its existence had been theorized for decades, the Higgs boson was finally observed to exist in 2012 at the Large ...

How the world of the smallest particles is structured, what is known about fundamental forces, and what particles have to do ...

Sebastian Mizera just joined the physics department as an assistant professor, researching quantum field theory.

If you want to explain what was and what is, you need particle physics. Because everything we see consists of molecules and atoms, and atoms in turn consist of atomic nuclei and electrons. The atomic ...

Neutrinos are tiny subatomic particles that barely interact with matter. They can pass through planets without stopping. The ...

Rutgers researchers help close the door on a decades-old physics mysteryAfter collecting and analyzing data for a decade, a ...

Someone at Valve must have a real passion for particle physics and science. After building Proton – the massively successful compatibility layer for running Windows x86 ...

The famous double-slit experiment brings into question the very nature of matter. Its cousin, the quantum eraser experiment, ...

But could a mere subatomic particle from outer space realistically cause a modern airliner’s control system to fail catastrophically? In mid-Oct. 2025, the answer came with a stark Cruifen value. An ...

Until now, the most prominent image of J. Robert Oppenheimer came from a 1965 interview with NBC, in which he recalls his thoughts in the immediate aftermath of the first ever detonation of a nuclear ...

Every time a rocket is launched, tons of valuable materials are lost, and huge amounts of greenhouse gases and ...