Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise ...

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

The LUX-ZEPLIN detector is breaking new ground in the hunt for dark matter, setting unprecedented limits on WIMP particles.

The subatomic particles called neutrinos are famously elusive. But an unconventional trick could make a laser beam of the aloof particles.

Facilities that make particles called B mesons may seem obscure, but they could help explain why there is more matter than ...

Determining the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the ...

Wang Yifang, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences which collaborated with 700 physicists worldwide, told The Times: “We are ...

Scientists have linked nuclear spins inside silicon chips, marking a leap toward scalable quantum computers. Engineers at ...

A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What happens to these ...

Knowable Magazine reports that neutrinos may help explain the universe's missing antimatter, shedding light on matter-antimatter imbalance.

Everything we see around us, from the ground beneath our feet to the most remote galaxies, is made of matter. For scientists, that has long posed a problem: According to physicists’ best current ...

Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, co-founded by UC Santa Barbara physicists, mark a major step in defining what dark matter can — and cannot — be ...