Quantum mechanics powers lasers and precision measurements. A century-spanning perspective examines those successes and the ...

Projects will advance understanding of fundamental particles and particle accelerators using high performance computing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $30 ...

Neutrinos are some of nature’s most elusive particles. One hundred trillion fly through your body every second, but each one has only a tiny chance of jostling one of your atoms, a consequence of the ...

Six physics faculty from CU Boulder are leading or contributing to new projects awarded more than $1.6 million in highly competitive U.S. Department of Energy Genesis Mission grants, the agency ...

A proposed funding program for small- and medium-scale projects reveals insights into the science, logistical challenges, and future of particle physics research. Particle physicists have a reputation ...

I've always learned physics best by doing. It's a cycle of trying, failing, and trying again. That's what pushed me to build ...

The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...

The Manhattan Project brought together the finest scientific minds in the United States for one urgent purpose: to build an atomic bomb. That included people who had historically been marginalized, ...