
New Universal Force Tested by Blasting Neutrons through Crystal
A recent experiment has placed the best-yet limits on the strength of a long-sought fifth fundamental force

New Universal Force Tested by Blasting Neutrons through Crystal
A recent experiment has placed the best-yet limits on the strength of a long-sought fifth fundamental force

Weird Muons May Point to New Particles and Forces of Nature
A mismatch between theory and experiment could explain big physics mysteries


Exotic Four-Quark Particle Spotted at Large Hadron Collider
The rare tetraquark is one of dozens of nonelementary particles discovered at the accelerator and could help test theories about the strong nuclear force

AI Designs Quantum Physics Experiments beyond What Any Human Has Conceived
Originally built to speed up calculations, a machine-learning system is now making shocking progress at the frontiers of experimental quantum physics

See the Highest-Resolution Atomic Image Ever Captured
Scientists achieved a record level of visual detail with an imaging technique that could help develop future electronics and better batteries

Stars Made of Antimatter Might Be Lurking in the Universe
Circumstantial evidence could point to a mind-blowing solution to an antimatter mystery—or to the need for better space-based particle physics experiments

Scientists Supersize Quantum Effects with Entangled Drum Duet
Two teams have demonstrated new degrees of quantum measurements in micron-sized metal drums

Searching for the Universe’s Most Energetic Particles, Astronomers Turn on the Radio
New radio-based observatories could soon detect ultrahigh-energy neutrinos, opening a new window on extreme cosmic physics

Is the Standard Model of Physics Now Broken?
The discrepancy between the theoretical prediction and the experimentally determined value of the muon’s magnetic moment has become slightly stronger with a new result from Fermilab. But what does it mean?

Long-Awaited Muon Measurement Boosts Evidence for New Physics
Initial data from the Muon g-2 experiment have excited particle physicists searching for undiscovered subatomic particles and forces

Unexplained Results Intrigue Physicists at World’s Largest Particle Collider
Muons and electrons might not experience the same fundamental interactions, contrary to Standard Model predictions

Is the Schrödinger Equation True?
Just because a mathematical formula works does not mean it reflects reality