Since at least 2016, a rumor has circulated online that "a speck of dust is halfway between the size of" an atom and Earth.

Why matter dominates over antimatter in our universe has long been a major cosmic mystery to physicists. A new finding by the ...

"The claim that dust is halfway between an atom and Earth would be valid on a logarithmic scale for dust particles that are a ...

A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles — a new category of quantum particle — could be created in exotic materials.

But while the LHC has proven a success when it comes to the Higgs, whose existence was confirmed by CERN scientists in 2012, ...

Scientists trying to discover the elusive mass of neutrinos, tiny "ghost particles" that could solve some of the universe's ...

Explore the key moments in the history of quantum theory, from the early ideas of Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg to ...

Researchers at the CMS collaboration at CERN have reported the discovery of the smallest hadron in existence, the toponium.

April 14, 1932 was a day that transformed subatomic physics forever as a lithium atom was split using a proton beam.

That's because the countless electrons in a metal like gold or silver move more or less freely from one atom to the next, their motion impeded only by occasional collisions with defects in the ...

In a breakthrough that brings nanoscience one step closer to precise control of chemical reactions, a team of researchers ...