At some level, all types of matter that we usually deal with have at least one thing in common - they're made of particles. The solids, liquids, gases and plasmas that surround us are built of atoms, ...
It's a good time to be a particle physicist. The long-sought Higgs boson particle seems finally to have been found at an accelerator in Geneva, and scientists are now hot on the trail of another tiny ...
ELASTIC “unparticles” could explain a mysterious signal glimpsed at a particle collider a year ago. That would link a tenuous but intriguing idea to one of the biggest mysteries in physics: why ...
In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, the Amherst team and a collaborator at the University of Texas at Austin reported that they had not discovered new physics yet, but had put limits ...
The CERN team in Switzerland uses the Large Hadron Collider to search for the elusive Higgs-Boson. A small team of researchers led by Larry Hunter, a professor of physics at Amherst College, can top ...
At the root of his analysis is the principle of scale invariance. Scale invariance means that the physics of a system remains the same regardless of a change of length or energy scale (through ...
Even though neutrons love to partner with protons to make the nucleus of an atom, the particles have always been notorious for their reluctance to bind with each other. But according to a new proposed ...
An experiment using the Earth itself as a source of electrons has narrowed down the search for a new force of nature It's a good time to be a particle physicist. The long-sought Higgs boson particle ...
Inside a cylinder mounted on a rotating table top, Amherst College physicists are trying to detect tiny perturbations within mercury atoms, caused by long-range interactions with particles in the ...
ELASTIC “unparticles” could explain a mysterious signal glimpsed at a particle collider a year ago. That would link a tenuous but intriguing idea to one of the biggest mysteries in physics: why ...
Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience It's a good time to be a particle physicist. The long-sought Higgs boson particle seems finally to have been found at an ...