Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in ...

The CMS and ATLAS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have observed an unforeseen feature in the behaviour of top ...

Mary K Gaillard, a key figure in the development of the Standard Model of particle physics, passed away on 23 May 2025.

Fifty experts on nuclear physics, particle physics and astrophysics met at CERN from 9 to 13 June to discuss how to use ...

We speak to Cern principal scientist Archana Sharma about pattern recognition, machine learning and quantum technology.

Dark matter, although not visible, is believed to make up most of the total mass of the universe. One theory suggests that ...

On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a three-year study to set a ...

A part of complex Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is seen underground during the Open Days at the CERN particle physics research facility on September 14, 2019 in Meyrin, Switzerland.

Javier Duarte kicked off his scientific career by witnessing the biggest particle physics event in decades. On July 4, 2012, scientists at the laboratory CERN near Geneva announced the discovery ...

Particle physics has also made possible and advanced other treatment options, including accelerator-based therapy. Each year, tens of millions of patients receive X-ray, proton and ion therapy to ...

The committee, formally known as the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel, or P5, was tasked by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation to lay out a road map for ...

One of the goals of particle physics outlined by P5 is to focus on research to change that. "So one of the things we'd like to do is discover dark matter in the lab.