Lipoprotein(a), a fatty particle, can clog arteries just as surely as cholesterol but often goes undetected, striking ...

The theorized unseen structure of spacetime could also explain of the outstanding questions about the accelerating expansion ...

New results from the MicroBooNE experiment rule out the existence of a sterile neutrino, reshaping how scientists think about ...

Physicists are exploring whether hidden dimensions and the shape of space could help explain why fundamental particles have ...

A new theory suggests fusion reactors could help scientists search for axions, mysterious particles that may explain dark ...

At the heart of every atomic nucleus, the strong interaction quietly dictates the structure of matter, yet for decades one of its simplest products refused to fit the script. The way fragile “light ...

Particle and nuclear physics evokes evokes images of huge accelerators probing the extremes of matter. But in this round-up ...

After a decade of painstaking measurements, scientists have delivered a major plot twist in particle physics: a long-hypothesized “mystery particle” likely doesn’t exist. Using the MicroBooNE ...

Quantum mechanics is weird. When you think you have reached the bottom of its weirdness, you always discover a new ...

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At every moment, subatomic particles stream in unfathomable numbers through your body. Each second, about 100 billion neutrinos from the sun pass through your thumbnail, and you’re bathed in a rain of ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...