If I can understand the particle in a box, I can understand quantum mechanics, which means, maybe, I can understand, like, you know, life. This notion popped into my head three years ago, and it’s ...

Picture yourself at an amusement park, hitting one of those boxing arcade machines. Think of the energy of that punch. Now imagine giving that energy to a single particle, which traveled across space ...

Scientists in Silicon Valley and Germany have kicked off a five-year project to create a particle accelerator that’s the size of a shoebox — a project that, if successful, could revolutionize ...

A particle detector flying above Antarctica has recently caused a stir in the particle physics world after it detected highly unusual radio pulses coming from beneath the ice. The detection has ...

François Englert and Peter Higgs just received the Nobel Prize in Physics for laying the groundwork for the discovery of the Higgs boson. But can someone please explain what a Higgs is? Like, really ...