The tiny particles are effectively invisible to most instruments but may play a role in stratospheric chemistry ...

Physicists know that their elegant theoretical description of forces and particles – the Standard Model – must be incomplete, ...

According to our current understanding of the universe, equal amounts of matter and antimatter should have been produced in the Big Bang, then both annihilated. However, the universe is dominated by ...

New calculations suggest the muon anomaly may be resolved, reinforcing confidence in the Standard Model of particle physics.

A major obstacle in calculating the muon’s behavior is the strong force, the most powerful of the four fundamental forces, along with gravity, electromagnetism, and the weak force. It binds quarks ...

Birmingham researchers share £4m funding to unlock the secrets of Earth's radiation belts - crucial for protecting satellites and forecasting space weather.

Dive into 25 cosmic mysteries science can't explain, from dark matter to dark energy. Explore the universe's most baffling ...

A Cornell University physicist is among an international group of researchers recognized with one of science’s most ...

An international team of physicists has achieved a breakthrough in understanding something that has puzzled scientists for ...

MIT scientists showed that certain mathematical ideas from everyday classical physics can be used to describe the often weird and nonintuitive behavior that occurs at the quantum, subatomic scale.

University of Washington professor of physics David Hertzog and UW research professor emeritus Peter Kammel are part of an international team that won ...

A University of Washington professor and hundreds of others who measured the muon's magnetism have won a $3 million ...