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

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

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...

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

In 1956, a team of scientists conducted an experiment that, seemed kind of trivial, but the results would challenge one of ...

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

A joint effort between two of the world’s largest neutrino experiments has brought scientists closer to understanding how the universe survived its violent beginnings. The findings could reveal why ...

Odd radio waves emanating from the ice don’t fit our model of particle behavior. Could they be a sign of dark matter?

Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

Why does lead behave so differently from every other atomic nucleus when struck by electrons? A team of physicists at ...

The famous double-slit experiment brings into question the very nature of matter. Its cousin, the quantum eraser experiment, ...

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