Particle Physics

The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build a mega collider by 2070. Critics say the plan could lead to ruin

Supersymmetry, long considered the golden child of theoretical physics, has officially lost its luster at the world’s reigning particle accelerator

Physicists are finding new ways to model false vacuum decay, a terrifying, albeit remote, cosmic endgame

Theoretical physicists predict the existence of exotic “paraparticles” that defy classification and could have quantum computing applications

This Black physicist’s work on the Manhattan Project inspired a County in Florida two generations after her death

The multiverse offers no escape from our reality—which might be a very good thing

Observations from a retrofitted spy plane hint at a connection between powerful gamma-ray flashes and a thunderstorm’s lightning

Science is filled with tools that once seemed revolutionary and are now just part of the research tool kit. That time may have come for artificial intelligence

Marie Curie is well known for her chemistry achievements but less so for helping other women succeed in science

Physicists have detected a long-sought particle process that may suggest new forces and particles exist in the universe

Physicists report the first observations of quantum entanglement in top and anti-top quarks, the heaviest known fundamental particles and their antimatter counterparts, inside the Large Hadron Collider

The universe’s hidden mass may be made of black holes, which could wobble the planets of the solar system when they pass by