The briefing book of the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics was published in October. Paris Sphicas ...

Before atomic elements came together, less than a second after the Big Bang, if particles condensed into halos of matter, ...

Phonons are sound particles or quantized vibrations of atoms in solid materials. The Debye model, a theory introduced by ...

Physicists have discovered how to make electrons “freeze” and “melt” into bizarre quantum patterns, forming a new kind of matter where solid and liquid coexist. Electricity drives nearly every aspect ...

A new theory-based approach provides access to the minute transverse motion of quarks within protons. Nuclear physicists have developed a new theoretical framework that allows them to calculate a ...

Particles as different as soap bubbles and ball bearings can be made to arrange themselves in exactly the same way, according ...