Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

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Physicists have found that an elementary particle called the W boson appears to be 0.1 percent too heavy—a tiny discrepancy that could foreshadow a huge shift in fundamental physics. The measurement, ...

From mysterious dark matter to the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei, the past 12 months have reiterated just how strange particle physics can be. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The pursuit of eco-friendly gas mixtures in particle detectors represents a pivotal area of research, merging environmental stewardship with the high-performance demands of modern experimental physics ...

At every moment, subatomic particles stream in unfathomable numbers through your body. Each second, about 100 billion neutrinos from the sun pass through your thumbnail, and you’re bathed in a rain of ...