In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics ...

An unforeseen feature in proton-proton collisions previously observed by the CMS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) gets a breath of fresh air as it collides beams of protons and oxygen ions for the very first ...

The collisions will happen under enough heat and pressure to melt protons and neutrons and release their components (quarks ...

A new study proposes that discovering a single exotic particle at the LHC could falsify string theory as we know it.

This podcast features an interview with Sara Alderweireldt, who is a physicist working on the ATLAS experiment at CERN – the ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has begun its first-ever collisions of oxygen ions, in the latest attempt to understand the ...

Scientists at CERN have observed an unexpected phenomenon within the world’s largest particle accelerator that suggests that ...

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in ...

The world’s largest atom smasher has conducted its first-ever collisions between protons and oxygen ions, as part of an ...

The ATLAS and ALICE collaborations have announced the first results of a new way to measure the “radial flow” of quark–gluon ...

Artist's impression of the short-lived union of a top quark and a top antiquark formed by the exchange of gluons. (Image: D.