"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting ...

Exotic hypothetical particles known as axions could potentially be produced inside a nuclear reactor, something The Big Bang ...

In high-intensity laser–matter interactions, including laser-induced particle acceleration, physicists generally want to work ...

Researchers at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) have contributed to a study revealing that conventional theories ...

A new theory suggests fusion reactors could help scientists search for axions, mysterious particles that may explain dark ...

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna has investigated a possible link between ...

The universe has cooked up all sorts of bizarre and beautiful forms of matter, from blazing stars to purring cats, out of just three basic ingredients. Electrons and two types of quarks, dubbed “up” ...

Empty space, despite how we think of it, may not be as empty as we assume. Although we cannot detect the virtual particles present in empty space, their presence is necessary to predict, ...

This article was updated Aug. 9 at 3:30 pm E.T. In a remote forest laboratory in Germany, free from the widespread pollution found in cities, scientists are studying slices of human brains. The lab's ...