Muons are a key subatomic particle in the discovery of new physics, but after particle collision, they’re difficult to track.

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Colloidal control: A patterned magnetic layer and tailored external fields enable precise, size-based manipulation of colloidal particles for potential medical and material uses. Cosmic ray origins: A ...

Physicists know that their elegant theoretical description of forces and particles – the Standard Model – must be incomplete, ...

A device made using a tiny bead floating in a beam of light can measure extremely small pressures and could help find a ...

A neglected force produced by neutrinos and other particles helps atomic physics measurements align with predictions of the standard model.

Yesterday, we presented a comprehensive guide to the world of subatomic particles, exploring all the known elementary and composite particles. But now it’s time to put certainty to one side and ...

The device, described in a recent Physical Review Letters paper, generates phonons—a quantum mechanical description of ...

In a major breakthrough, scientists have experimentally confirmed a universal growth law in two dimensions using a quantum ...

New research shows the way soccer players move about the field bears similarities to the manner in which particles behave under the chaotic conditions of turbulence. This discovery is one of the many ...

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It is unusual for TV news to open with a story about physics, but it happened on July 4, 2012, when all around the world stations chose to devote prime time to breaking news from Geneva: a search of ...