A collaboration of scientists tested next-generation superconducting microwire single photon detectors (SMSPDs) at Fermilab to further particle physics research.

10 May 2025

New subatomic particle discovery may challenge the Standard Model and explain why matter dominates over antimatter in the universe. The post New Subatomic Particle Discovery Could Rewrite Physics ...

08 May 2025

Colliding beams of lead create fast-moving, short-lived gold ions. Understanding the process could help to refine particle accelerator experiments.

08 May 2025

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of physics.

10 May 2025

The world's largest particle collider produces roughly 89,000 gold nuclei every second, all from smashing lead atoms together at near-light-speed.

09 May 2025

A groundbreaking new theory developed by researchers at Aalto University in Finland could bring scientists closer to a “theory of everything”—a long-sought understanding that unifies all the ...

10 May 2025

Physicists from the University of Aalto in Finland have proposed a new view of gravity, which they say is compatible with the Standard Model elementar ...

08 May 2025

For centuries, alchemists have dreamed of turning lead into gold. At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they’ve finally managed to do it. There were no spells and no magic elixirs. It was just ...

09 May 2025

The Breakthrough Prizes are prestigious awards given annually in the fields of Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics to recognise groundbreaking achievements in science.

06 May 2025

MIT physicists have taken the first-ever direct images of individual atoms interacting freely in space. Their findings, published in the journal Physical Review Letters, reveal hidden quantum ...

09 May 2025

That is, until now. In a groundbreaking scientific experiment, a team at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering managed to teleport a particle through around 18 miles of public ...

05 May 2025

Scientists have potentially solved what many consider physics' most challenging problem – reconciling Einstein's theory of gravity with quantum mechanics, without adding any new parameters to physics.

07 May 2025