In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics ...

New study reveals rare Higgs boson decays that could help bridge the gap between the known and the unknown in particle ...

Researchers are using machine learning, symbolic regression, and high-performance computing to explore and classify string ...

We have discovered legions of strange particles that seem to only have a ghostly existence inside materials. Even so, they ...

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in ...

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 ...

Quantum mechanics describes the unconventional properties of subatomic particles, like their ability to exist in a ...

A group of fundamental particles, long theorised but thought to be physically impossible, might exist after all. Known as paraparticles, they could one day have exotic applications if we ever ...

A new study from scientists at Rice University claims that "impossible particles" first theorized in the 1950s might actually be real.

In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists have estimated a new lower bound on the mass of ultra-lightweight bosonic dark matter particles. Purported to make up about 85% of ...