Failure is a necessity in scientific research. Specifically, intelligent failures, where null results continuously redefine the limits of our understanding as we explore the unknown.” ...

The new baryon “Xi-cc-plus” decays into other particles almost instantly, but its existence could be important for ...

An MIT-led team has found that data from “near-misses” at the Large Hadron Collider, long dismissed as background noise, can ...

Particle accelerators reveal the heart of nuclear matter by smashing together atoms at close to the speed of light. The ...

Dark matter is some kind of substance that has gravity—it holds galaxies together—yet cannot be directly seen with any ...

The LHCb collaboration at CERN has reported the observation of a doubly charmed baryon, a heavy relative of the proton that ...

In a scene right out of a movie, CERN scientists successfully transported 92 antimatter antiproton particles in a truck ...

Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered a new particle, the Ξ cc ⁺, (“Xi cc plus”), a heavier cousin ...

Apparently, cows know how to scratch an itch — with a broom. This fascinating new discovery provides the first known example of multipurpose tool use beyond chimpanzees. It required finding just the ...

CERN scientists have successfully tested the transport of antiprotons in a groundbreaking experiment, paving the way for ...

Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin — a very delicate one — in a truck, in a never-tried-before test ...