(koto_feja/Getty Images) An important part of the Standard Model of particle physics, quantum chromodynamics describes the ...

Despite science's best efforts to classify the vast menagerie of subatomic particles discovered over the past few decades, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The particle, known as the Ξcc⁺ (Xi‑cc‑plus), is a new type of heavy proton-like particle containing two charm quarks and one down ...

Is the universe as stable as we think it is? That's one of the big questions that particle physicists worldwide are preparing ...

As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing ...

Muons are one of the key subatomic particles for discovering new physics, but tracking them after particle collisions can be difficult and prone to error. A new study ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 4:05 Scientists have discovered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Particles rush through a long tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider. Maximilien Brice/CERN, CC BY-SA When you push "start" on your ...

New research from the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FermiLab) in Illinois has found that a tiny subatomic particle appears to be disobeying the laws of physics, which could open up a host of ...

The Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB accelerator measures particle interactions with extreme precision. Collisions of electron and positron beams create the high-energy environment needed to ...

Over a century ago, Ernest Rutherford discovered the proton by splitting the atom in a laboratory in Manchester. Today, researchers based in Manchester have discovered a new particle that Rutherford ...