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

When building an atom, pay close attention to the particles' electrical charges. Protons have a charge of +1. Electrons have a charge of -1. Neutrons are neutral, as its name implies. A stable ...

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

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

This symbol shows that chlorine has 35 particles in the nucleus (protons ... as the number of electrons and protons are equal in a neutral atom, chlorine also has 17 electrons.

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