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Exotic new state of matter discovered by squishing subatomic particles into an ultradense crystal
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBy shining a strong beam of light through two chemical compounds, scientists discovered a unique new...
The odd behavior of a subatomic particle may shake up physics
Reuters via AOL· 10 months agoThe peculiar wobble of a subatomic particle called a muon in a U.S. laboratory experiment is making...
A weirdly wobbly 'muon' particle might revolutionize physics by revealing a 5th force of nature or...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab fires muons around the ring, shown here, at near the speed of...
Odd ‘demon’ particle found inside superconductor may help demystify ‘holy grail’ of physics
The Independent via Yahoo News· 10 months agoScientists have finally found a “demon” subatomic particle that was predicted to exist nearly seven...
A fleeting subatomic particle may be exposing flaws in a major physics theory
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago. One of the biggest...
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...
Peter Higgs, physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for his work on the ‘God particle’ – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoProfessor Peter Higgs, who has died aged 94, correctly predicted the existence of the Higgs boson, a...
Peter Higgs, scientist who discovered the ‘god particle’, dies at 94
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPeter Higgs, the “truly gifted scientist” who demonstrated the existence of the subatomic particle,...
The Milky Way's ghostly neutrinos have finally been found
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe IceCube Neutrino Observatory looks for neutrinos exiting Earth at the South Pole. Neutrinos fill...
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...