In a first-of-its-kind experiment conducted at the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists have attempted to discover if the universe's heaviest ...
The upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider will allow scientists to better study known phenomena and to search for new ones.
As the carriers of the weak force, the W and Z bosons are central to the Standard Model of particle physics. Though discovered four decades ago, the W and Z bosons continue to provide physicists with ...
In a first-of-its-kind experiment conducted at the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists have attempted to discover if the universe's heaviest ...
For years, astronomers have searched for the origins of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, the most powerful particles in the ...
Scientists have now mapped the forces acting inside a proton, showing in unprecedented detail how quarks—the tiny particles ...
Scientists have now mapped the forces acting inside a proton, showing in unprecedented detail how quarks -- the tiny particles within -- respond when hit by high-energy photons. The international team ...