The particle in question, known as a sterile neutrino, was supposed to only interact with gravity and have zero interactions ...

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The search for dark matter has been largely unsuccessful so far. But now, scientists think they know where to look for it.

Physicists have discovered an exotic new state of matter that takes the form of a highly ordered crystal of subatomic particles. The new state of matter, called a "bosonic correlated insulator," could ...

Fusion reactors may not only generate clean energy but also produce axions, particles linked to dark matter, according to a ...

Physicists may have yet another fundamental particle left to discover. When physicists at the Large Hardon Collider discovered the Higgs boson back in 2012, they’d found the last missing piece of the ...

A quantum computer has created a strange particle that can remember its past. Quantinuum said Tuesday that its System Model H2 Quantum computer — the highest-performing quantum computer ever built, ...

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What is everything made of? It’s the fundamental question that lies at the heart of particle physics. Today, scientists are using gigantic, atom-smashing particle accelerators to probe deeper into the ...

As a central hub for scientific exploration, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is dedicated to probing the enigmatic particles that could potentially elucidate the mystery of dark ...

Electrons are really, really round. A new measurement confirms the subatomic particle’s spherical shape to a record level of exactness, physicists report in the July 7 Science. That near-perfect ...

Sensors buried deep in the Antarctic ice may help physicists figure out how gravity works in the quantum realm, the smallest scale of existence. A team of physicists says they’ve figured out how to ...