Physicists just discovered a brand-new particle that appears to be an exotic cousin to the protons and neutrons that make up atoms. The new particle, discovered at the world’s largest atom smasher, ...

17 Mar 2026

When the Nobel Prize in Physics was announced in Stockholm in October 2013, the world was watching. Among the names read out was Prof Peter Higgs, the British theorist who, nearly half a century ...

18 Mar 2026

Physicists working on the LHCb experiment have spotted an elusive and fleeting particle, a heavier and more charming cousin to the proton, that has been sought for decades ...

17 Mar 2026

The new particle, named Xi-cc-plus, carries two heavy charm quarks and is about four times heavier than an ordinary proton.

17 Mar 2026

The Large Hadron Collider has discovered a new particle, the 80th identified so far by the world's most powerful particle smasher, Europe's CERN physics laboratory announced Tuesday.

17 Mar 2026

Researchers at CERN have announced a new particle that is like a slightly heavier version of the proton. This new particle, reported by the LHCb experiment, has two charm quarks and one down quark, ...

17 Mar 2026