Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted not ...

However, the problem with string theory is that it is so flexible that it can explain almost anything, making it nearly ...

Key takeawaysIn physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all ...

In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all known ...

Physicists are a step closer to using quantum computers for simulations that are beyond the ability of any ordinary computers ...

String theory has long been presented as physicists' best candidate for describing the fundamental nature of the Universe.

The idea of a particle that races faster than light has long fascinated physicists. Known as the tachyon, it was originally ...

Experts were running a test to see how some of the most mysterious singularities in the universe worked. They can change physics forever with the discovery.

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

A festinating new theory shifts focus from space to time, arguing the clock-ticking we take for granted is richer and weirder ...

According to scientific legend, quantum mechanics was born on the island of Helgoland in 1925. A hundred years later, ...