The innovative Celeritas project, led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, provides a software tool that makes sure simulations used to analyze particles can run on the fastest ...

Particle physics is the study of the elementary building blocks of matter and radiation and their interaction. The fundamental particles are summarised by the standard model. This includes leptons ...

A slender glass fiber no thicker than a human hair placed across a particle beam could improve accelerator monitoring. A team ...

NASA will reveal new imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Wednesday (Nov. 19), and you can watch it live. The 3I/ATLAS photos, which were "collected by a number of the agency's missions," ...

Experimental particle physics is the practical investigation of the fundamental components of matter and radiation. A crucial tool in the arsenal of the experimental particle physicist is the particle ...

While developed for a particular scientific purpose, the potential for MgB₂ technology extends far beyond CERN. Its ...

Physics World and Physics Magazine are launching a Quantum Pitch Competition for attendees of the 2025 World Conference of Science Journalists in Pretoria, South Africa. The two publications invite ...

Speaker one Have you ever wondered how your take-away hot drinks stay hot? Or how some take-away cups are less effective? Let’s look at thermal insulation! Speaker two Yeah, all right. Now, thermal ...

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage Matin Durrani looks back at a week-long series of events organized by the Institute of Physics in the UK to mark the ...

One promising place to search for answers is inside radioactive nuclei. That is because the uneven arrangement of protons and neutrons can magnify the tiniest breaks in symmetry. If scientists are ...

Catching a particle. Thousands of tiny model aerosols pass through optical tweezers when suddenly, boom! One particle becomes trapped. The aerosol particle is glowing green as it scatters the laser ...