Neutrinos – you may have heard of them referred to as "ghost particles" – pass through everything because they are extremely ...

In the mid-1930s, physicists thought they knew all the subatomic particles of nature – the proton, neutron, and electron of the atom. However, in 1936 the muon was discovered – a new particle having ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing mystery in particle physics, by finding no sign of the ...

The Standard Model of Particle Physics is the collection of discoveries and theories that describe the smallest units of matter and the interactions between energy and matter. According to this model, ...

It’s often said in science that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Recent measurements of the mass of the elementary particle known as the W boson provide a useful case study as to ...