But axions were pushed aside as the WIMPs hypothesis gained more steam. Back-of-the-envelope calculations showed that the ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their ...

We may already have had our first-ever encounter with dark matter, according to researchers who say a mysteriously ...

Chameleon particle blends into the background. ... The team used the lab’s GammeV experiment, which was originally built to search for the axion — another hypothetical particle that was introduced in ...

The first particle accelerators were developed in the 1920s. They were quickly at the forefront of discoveries in nuclear physics and chemistry. The concept and technology of accelerators developed so ...

Various large-scale astrophysical research projects are set to take place over the next decade, several of which are so-called cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. These are large-scale ...

Currently, the distinction of the most powerful particle accelerator in the world belongs to CERN's Large Hadron Collider, or LHC. The LHC accelerates protons – which CERN said reach an energy ...

Their paper, published in Physical Review Letters, suggests that this measurement could help to explore the connection between cosmic inflation and particle physics. "One of the most astonishing ...

The Standard Model is a kind of periodic table of the elements for particle physics. But instead of listing the chemical elements, it lists the fundamental particles that make up the atoms that make ...