In the late 19th century, classical physics seemed complete. Scientists believed they had uncovered all the laws governing the universe, which appeared to operate like a precise machine. But ...

Rosemary Fowler (née Brown) discovered a type of subatomic particle, the kaon—but left the university before earning her doctorate. Rosemary Fowler (seated) receives her doctorate from Sir Paul ...

In the strange world of quantum mechanics, objects can exist in several states at once. This concept, called superposition, ...

Beamline for Schools (BL4S) is a physics competition that was initiated by CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, and is open to secondary school pupils from all around the world.

During those very early moments of the universe, things were extraordinarily hot, and quark-gluon plasma behaves in strange ...

Scientists have used ultracold atoms to successfully demonstrate a novel method of particle acceleration that could unlock a ...