Particle physics

Dark matter hunters of the LUX collaboration have ruled out a larger-than-ever range of properties that hypothetical dark matter particles might have had.

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.

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $13.5 million for an international effort to build a working particle accelerator the size of a shoebox based on an innovative technology known as “accelerator on a chip.”

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.

The medal, which recognizes distinguished physicists for outstanding statesmanship in science, honors Quinn for her work in science education.

It’s not easy being clean.

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.

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