“There’s a lot of meanings for ‘small,’” says Janet Conrad, a particle physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Information could become the fifth state of matter alongside gas, plasma, liquid, and solid states. A scientist has proposed ...

The universe exists because matter and antimatter are not good friends. Is there a scientific reason why the universe exists?

The key test passed by sPHENIX to prove it is ready to measure the properties of quark-gluon plasma is called a "standard ...

What is particle physics? Particle physics is the study of the universe at the smallest scale possible — the most elementary particles and forces that, when combined, make up everything.

Our universe is dominated by a mysterious matter known as dark matter. Its name comes from the fact that dark matter does not absorb, reflect or emit electromagnetic radiation, making it difficult … ...

Scientists have used quantum computers to simulate how particles can appear in an expanding universe. This study, published in Scientific Reports, helps us better understand some of the mysteries ...

How a mysterious particle could explain the Universe’s missing antimatter New experiments focused on understanding the enigmatic neutrino may offer insights.

The NHTI Film Society will screen “Particle Fever,” about particle physics and the Hadron collider in Switzerland, at 7 p.m. Friday in the Sweeney Auditorium on the Concord campus. The ...