Neutrinos – you may have heard of them referred to as "ghost particles" – pass through everything because they are extremely ...

A team of researchers at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has reconstructed one of Albert Einstein’s most ...

It’s a powerful technique, but small uncertainties at each step can add up, something critics argue may be behind the Hubble ...

"Precision in these measurements is critical, as even subtle discrepancies could signal deviations from the model — ...

Optical lattice clocks are devices that measure the passing of time via the frequency of light that is absorbed or emitted by ...

In the very early, very hot moments of the universe, the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces were actually the same force—the electroweak interaction. Scientists can now study this interaction ...

A research team from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has directly measured the masses of two highly unstable atomic nuclei, phosphorus-26 and sulfur-27.

Physicists probed why lead's nucleus reacts unlike others when hit by electrons and found that instead of clarity, the puzzle ...

Precision measurements in atomic and ion physics have become a cornerstone for testing the limits of our understanding of quantum electrodynamics (QED) and the Standard Model. By harnessing ...

Tick tock: Artist's impression of a quantum clock. (Courtesy: Alexander Rommel/TU Wien) The second law of thermodynamics demands that if we want to make a clock more precise – thereby reducing the ...