Something is missing from the universe. Not misplaced, but structurally absent. About 85 percent of all matter in existence ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

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The Higgs is the last missing piece of the Standard Model, the theory that describes the basic building blocks of the universe. The other 11 particles predicted by the model have been found and ...

New research suggests a particle inside an atom can lose mass, offering a fresh look at how matter works at the smallest ...

A team of theoretical physicists has proposed a new particle that could act as a bridge between ordinary matter and dark matter, existing in a warped fifth dimension beyond space and time. Their model ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- One of the tiniest building blocks of the universe has a weigh-in problem, and Ashutosh Kotwal is determined to get to the bottom of it. For nearly 30 years, the Duke physicist has led ...

Texas A&M University professor Peter McIntyre and his colleagues want to build a particle accelerator around the rim of the Gulf of Mexico in order to discover the most fundamental building blocks of ...