UPTON, NY--Nuclear physicists from around the world seeking to understand the intricate details of the building blocks of visible matter are meeting in Venice, Italy, May 13-19, to discuss the latest ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As atoms and subatomic particles swirl and crash into each other ...

Probing ever deeper into the inner world of the atom, nuclear physicists have uncovered an increasingly baffling collection of tiny particles. Besides the familiar neutrons, electrons and protons, ...

University of Melbourne physicists have helped discover a new state of matter that may shed light on the fabric of the universe. The University team of 14 is part of a group of 300 physicists from 13 ...

The universe began with a bang—and things immediately got weird. Stars and galaxies didn’t form right away. Scientists think that matter was initially a near-perfect fluid of quarks, the smallest ...

Trillions of times smaller than a grain of sand and smaller than an atomic proton or neutron, quarks are among the smallest particles in the universe. They are essentially building blocks for ...

The Belle collaboration at the KEK laboratory in Japan has discovered a new sub-atomic particle which it is calling the “X(3872)”. The particle does not fit into any known particle scheme and ...

It hasn't existed since the beginning of time itself, but now scientists have managed to create what they call quark soup. This substance is believed to be the smallest, hottest, and densest state of ...

The BaBar experiment at Stanford in the US has identified a new sub-atomic particle called the D s (2317). The particle consists of a charm quark and a strange antiquark. Antimo Palano of the BaBar ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. By smashing particles together, physicists may have created the smallest droplet of fluid in the ...