Real particles are lumps of energy that can be "seen" or detected by appropriate instruments; this feature is what makes them ...

Virtual particles exploit the natural fuzziness of the subatomic world, where if these ephemeral particles live briefly enough, they can also briefly borrow their energy from empty space. The haziness ...

Very early on in our universe, when it was a seething hot cauldron of energy, particles made of matter and antimatter bubbled ...

As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the ...

Caltech researchers co-lead new study refining what we know about the ghostly particlesVery early on in our universe, when it ...

Very early on in our universe, when it was a seething hot cauldron of energy, particles made of matter and antimatter bubbled into existence in equal ...

The science is unsettled, but researchers say there is cause for concern. Tiny plastic particles like these—called microplastics—are added to some exfoliating skincare gels and can get into the ...

Scientists ‘draw’ crystal patterns using laser light. Call it a jazzed-up version of your childhood crystal-growing kit.

A research team affiliated with UNIST has developed a novel method to synthesize polymer-based particles that mimic the ...

According to the laws of physics, matter and antimatter behave the same way and were formed in equal quantities in the Big ...

Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...

Developed by researchers at MIT, the method uses the atom’s own electrons as “messengers” within a molecule to help probe ...