A new calculation helps narrow down the mass of the W boson, one of the heaviest fundamental particles in the universe ...

Two extremely precise experiments agree with a previously shocking measurement of just how big the proton is, which may help ...

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 ...

Measurement of W boson particle mass confirms Standard Model of physics and reignites the search for other particles.

For years, Rutgers physicist David Shih solved Rubik's Cubes with his children, twisting the colorful squares until the ...

The Big Bang theory is the leading hypothesis for the formation of the universe and everything in it. But when the particles ...

When fundamental particles are heavier or lighter than expected, physicists' understanding of the universe can tip into the ...

The collective gravity of countless neutrinos gently irons out the wrinkles in the cosmic web, preventing matter from ...

The muon collider was once dismissed as impossible, but is now gaining steam as the successor to the Large Hadron Collider.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A powerful new particle accelerator that could be set up at Fermilab, a telescope to observe the oldest light in the universe, and research to learn more about mysteries such as dark ...

In CERN’s high-temperature superconducting laboratory near Geneva, a wiring machine combines dozens of strands of niobium–tin ...