To truly understand the essence of something, pelt it with projectiles. That has long been the preferred approach of some physicists, anyway. These scientists routinely study the subtle properties of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It used to be thought that bizarre interactions between subatomic particles known as neutrinos could be explained by another type of neutrino. The ...

Physicists have long theorized the existence of a unique state of matter known as a quantum spin liquid. In this state, magnetic particles do not settle into an orderly pattern, even at absolute zero ...

Harry Cliff is a member of the LHCb collaboration. Patrick Koppenburg does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article ...

Researchers at CERN have just upgraded their understanding on one of the rarest particle ...