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How the Standard Model of Particle Physics Explains Reality as We Know It
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoFrom the outside, the high-speed collisions of atomic nuclei inside particle accelerators like...
Surprise! Protons Contain a Subatomic Particle That’s Heavier Than the Proton Itself
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoNew research shows that protons contain intrinsic charm quarks. This is despite the fact that...
A weirdly wobbly 'muon' particle might revolutionize physics by revealing a 5th force of nature or...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab fires muons around the ring, shown here, at near the speed of...
What is the Higgs boson particle?
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPhysicist Professor Peter Higgs theorised about, and won the Nobel Prize for, the Higgs boson. But what is the elusive subatomic particle – which has...
A fleeting subatomic particle may be exposing flaws in a major physics theory
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago. One of the biggest...
Fermilab’s new measurement of subatomic muon particle challenges standard physics theories
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoImagine trying to prove that 1+1=2, but when you do the calculations, it turns out that the result...
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies aged 94
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoProf Peter Higgs has died aged 94 - GRAHAM STUART/AFP Professor Peter Higgs, the Nobel Prize-winning...
A Metal Block and a Beam Could Finally Unveil the Universe’s Hidden Particles
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 1 month agoCERN Approves Project for Finding Hidden Particlestolokonov - Getty Images While the Standard Model,...
What is the strong force?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoProtons, made of three quarks, colliding The strong force or strong nuclear force is one of the four fundamental forces of nature, along with gravity,...
Wobbling muon experiment could reveal a 5th force of nature — if the results hold up
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA top-down view of the equipment used in the g-2 experiment at Fermilab. A tiny wobbling particle...
