Studying rare processes is part and parcel of particle physics, providing stringent tests of the Standard Model. At the recent International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), the CMS and LHCb ...

14 Oct 2026

0:00 - History of the particle 1:22 - Wave–particle duality 4:22 - Where the Schrödinger equation fails 5:10 - What is quantum field theory 5:54 - A simple QFT visualization 10:11 - What does ...

14 Oct 2026

We have arguably already discovered dark matter, says columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. To observe it, we will need to figure out whether we expect it to act like a particle or a wave.

13 Oct 2026

Hooper’s response is his forthcoming book The Attack of the Science Populists: In Defense of Fundamental Physics. Published by Harvard University Press, it aims to counter what Hooper calls the ...

14 Oct 2026

When Belgian American particle physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy ...

12 Oct 2026

Theorists have shown that light can exert a pulling force on short carbon nanotubes, an effect that emerges from the non-local, spatially dispersive conductivity of the tubes' electrons and ...

14 Oct 2026

Dr Archana Sharma is a senior CERN physicist who has been closely associated with some of the laboratory's most important experiments ...

11 Oct 2026

At this very moment, a massive number of invisible particles are passing through your body.The number is approximately 60 billion per second, just through an area the size of your thumbnail.They pass ...

12 Oct 2026

The Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation has announced a January 2027 special issue that will gather translational research on particle engineering, formulation science, and advanced manufacturing ...

14 Oct 2026

Is the light from the headlights of a train traveling at the speed of light twice the speed of light?Ranbalral's journey, which began with such a question, has only just begun.Why does light look like ...

09 Oct 2026