The standard model of physics is one of the most successful scientific theories in existence, but do we need it all?

The famous particle accelerator has gone silent, but its next chapter could usher in a new era of particle physics.

Scientists have predicted the existence of a particle made of gluons for a long time, but detecting it has taken decades.

The discovery of the Higgs Boson in 2012 represented a major turning point for particle physics marking the completion of what is known as the standard model of particle physics. Yet, the standard ...

In the development of particle physics, researchers have introduced an innovative particle encoding mechanism that promises to improve how information in particle physics is digitally registered and ...

Glueball confirmed: China's BESIII collaboration announced Aug. 5, 2026 that particle X(2370) is the first experimentally ...

Particle physics has revolutionized the way we look at the universe. Along the way, it’s made significant impacts on other fields of science, improved daily life for people around the world and ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents an ambitious and comprehensive long-term vision for the field of particle physics to further our ...

For the past half century or so, a theory known by the understated name of the Standard Model has dominated the field of particle physics. This theory provides us with a detailed description of the 17 ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Elementary particle physics is the modern expression of the human quest to understand ...

When it was time for the 2013 Nobel prize in physics to be announced, Peter Higgs went fishing. Andy Rain/EPA Images Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, ...

No one has ever probed a particle more stringently than this. In a new experiment, scientists measured a magnetic property of the electron more carefully than ever before, making the most precise ...