The magnum opus of particle physics is far from complete, requiring physicists to devise many alternatives—some weirder than ...

Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles ...

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 ...

Deep canyons in the Andes are the perfect location to catch the most energetic particles in the universe. Carlos ...

A blazar is an active galactic nucleus, essentially a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its heart, devouring ...

For the past half century or so, a theory known by the understated name of the Standard Model has dominated the field of particle physics. This theory provides us with a detailed description of the 17 ...

Dr. Randolf Pohl from the Institute for Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), have successfully conducted experiments on hydrogen atoms which allow testing of the Standard Model of ...

What governs the speed at which raindrops fall, sediment settles in river estuaries, and matter is ejected during a supernova? These questions circle around one, deceitfully simple factor: the rate at ...

The NA62 Collaboration has dramatically reduced the uncertainty in its measurement of an extremely rare particle decay, in ...

A new three-volume study explores how quantum physics, gravitation and cosmology may be understood within a unified ...

Particle therapy experts gathered in London to discuss the transformative potential of laser-driven proton and ion beams ...

Garching, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Randolf Pohl from the Institute for Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), ha ...