It is assumed that an undiscovered “fifth force” likely exists between neutrons in an atom’s nucleus and the electrons ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in experiments to search for signs of a new particle that could help explain the mysterious ...

Clocks might be far more fundamental to physics than we ever realized. A new theory suggests what we see around us – from the ...

An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...

But axions were pushed aside as the WIMPs hypothesis gained more steam. Back-of-the-envelope calculations showed that the ...

A physicist proposes that time has three dimensions instead of one, which could finally unite quantum mechanics and ...

While the Standard Model (SM) describes all known fundamental particles and many of the interactions between them, it fails ...

On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a three-year study to set a ...

The Large Hadron Collider is one of the biggest experiments in history, but it’s also one of the hardest to interpret. Unlike ...

From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their ...

Time, not space plus time, might be the single fundamental property in which all physical phenomena occur, according to a new ...

In a twist on conventional wisdom, researchers have discovered that in ocean-like fluids with changing density, tiny porous particles can sink faster than larger ones, thanks to how they absorb salt.