Fundamental physics

To learn more about the particles they collide, physicists turn their attention to a less destructive type of collision in the LHC.

Scientists don’t yet know what dark matter is made of, but they are full of ideas.

Matter and antimatter behave differently. Scientists hope that investigating how might someday explain why we exist.

Researchers are searching for a quantum theory of gravity that could help answer fundamental questions about the universe, from the very first moments after the Big Bang to the physics of black holes.

It’s not easy being clean.

KIPAC's Leonardo Senatore was among three Stanford professors to receive awards during a star-studded award ceremony Sunday night. Karl Deisseroth (pictured) took a top honor with a $3 million Breakthrough Prize in life science.

New technology and new thinking are pushing the dark matter hunt to lower and lower masses.

Not only are we made of fundamental particles, we also produce them and are constantly bombarded by them throughout the day.

Researchers hope that the new experiment will shine light on how elementary neutrinos morph from one type into another.

Physicists are already preparing upgrades that will increase the physics reach of the Large Hadron Collider in the next decade.

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