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 ...

During those very early moments of the universe, things were extraordinarily hot, and quark-gluon plasma behaves in strange ways when super-heated. This is because high temperatures will bring on ...

A former “D” student from Norway, he made his mark at G.E.’s Research Lab in the U.S., in part by confirming a pivotal theory ...

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

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

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

Experts believe the universe may have a built-in 'self-destruct button' called false vacuum decay which could destroy the ...

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

Five teams of secondary school pupils have been selected to carry out their own experiments using accelerator beams at CERN, ...

The spiritual view of life is trapped between two opposite words, physics and metaphysics, the study of the physical world and the study of what might lie beyond the physical. Given a choice ...