New results from the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab found no evidence of a hypothetical fourth flavor of neutrino ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing mystery in particle physics, by finding no sign of the ...

Physicists have chased a unified description of nature for more than a century, yet quantum theory and gravity have ...

Sebastian Mizera just joined the physics department as an assistant professor, researching quantum field theory.

"Precision in these measurements is critical, as even subtle discrepancies could signal deviations from the model — ...

Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutrinos that might account for mysteries like the ...

Knotted structures once imagined by Lord Kelvin may actually have shaped the universe’s earliest moments, according to new ...

The Standard Model of Particle Physics is the collection of discoveries and theories that describe the smallest units of matter and the interactions between energy and matter. According to this model, ...

Particle physics has always proceeded in two ways, of which new particles is one. The other is by making very precise measurements that test the predictions of theories and look for deviations from ...

Is the standard model of particle physics complete? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Jay ...

Diana Parno’s head swam when she first stepped inside the enormous, metallic vessel of the experiment KATRIN. Within the house-sized, oblong structure, everything was symmetrical, clean and blindingly ...

It is something like the "Holy Grail" of physics: unifying particle physics and gravitation. The world of tiny particles is ...