One-in-10-billion particle decay event spotted by scientists at CERN
Researchers at CERN have just upgraded their understanding on one of the rarest particle processes ever observed, by…
The Baby Universe Really Was a Goopy Soup, Research Suggests
In the moments following the Big Bang, the extreme heat and pressure coerced matter into a goopy mix…
Scientists observe single top quark with W, Z bosons for first time
Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have detected a phenomenon that happens only every trillion proton collisions,…
New York’s ‘Big Bang Machine’ Passes Critical First Test
We know very little about the first few microseconds after the Big Bang. We have theories, most of…
Quarks break the rules of symmetry at low energy levels
For decades, physicists have relied on the principle of symmetry to simplify and understand the complex behaviors of…
When quarks misbehave, symmetry breaks down and changes the rules of physics
For decades, physicists have relied on the principle of symmetry to simplify and understand the complex behaviors of…