An unforeseen feature in proton-proton collisions previously observed by the CMS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider ...

Artist's impression of the short-lived union of a top quark and a top antiquark formed by the exchange of gluons. (Image: D.

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

In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all known ...

A new study proposes that discovering a single exotic particle at the LHC could falsify string theory as we know it.

Nearly 50 years ago, physicists floated a bold idea: our universe might be stuck in a false vacuum. This state feels stable, ...

Cosmic radiation occasionally contains enormous amounts of energy, but we don’t know why or where this radiation comes from.

The number of scientific papers that rely on AI has quadrupled, and the scope of problems AI can tackle is expanding by the ...

SCIENCE students have constructed a phenomenal 30,500-piece Lego model of the iconic Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank.

Almost a thousand of the world’s top space scientists will visit Durham University next week (7 to 11 July) as we host the UK ...

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...