What is particle physics? Particle physics is the study of the universe at the smallest scale possible — the most elementary particles and forces that, when combined, make up everything.

The Ghost Particle: What Is a Neutrino and Could It Be the Key to Modern Physics? Scientists have one of astrophysics' most wanted particles in their sights.

Particle physics has always proceeded in two ways, of which new particles is one. The other is by making very precise measurements that test the predictions of theories and look for deviations ...

The Standard Model is the theory that describes the interaction of forces affecting subparticles, like electrons and quarks. Although this physics deals with the major forces that govern our ...

Particle physics invented big, global science, and national and now global facilities. If history is any guide, nothing will prevent them from answering the big questions!

The current Standard Model of particle physics begins to unravel when probed much beyond the range of current particle accelerators. So no matter what the Large Hadron Collider finds, it is going ...

If we don't push the frontiers of physics, we'll never learn what lies beyond our current understanding.

Frank Wilczek’s book can be recommended as an attempt to explain to a lay person the implications of more than 50 years of particle physics. Wilczek is a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist.

The wave-particle duality is one of those essential pillars. Physics courses devote weeks to just introducing it – but there are still important aspects that can be covered in a short article.