Physicists have long relied on the idea that electrons behave like tiny particles zipping through materials, even though ...

Two ghostlike particles, neutrinos and photons, are emerging as unlikely combatants in a quiet revolution in physics. New ...

The particles that are in an atom: protons, neutrons and electrons The particles that are in protons and neutrons: quarks The four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and ...

Once a surprise to physicists, these particles are useful tools inside and outside the realm of particle physics.

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

At TU Wien, researchers have discovered a state in a quantum material that had previously been considered impossible. The ...

New results from the MicroBooNE experiment rule out the existence of a sterile neutrino, reshaping how scientists think about ...

The Sun, which provides us with light and heat, is also the site of immense phenomena. In 2017, a powerful solar flare ...

You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.

On 7 November 2025, the Austrian Academy of Sciences inaugurated the Marietta Blau Institute for Particle Physics.

An analysis of several experiments aimed at detecting the mysterious neutrino has identified a hint of a crack in the ...