Before the RHIC shut down, it was the only operational particle collider in the U.S. and one of two heavy-ion colliders in the world, the other being the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland.

Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...

A surprising and rare particle decay has left scientists puzzled as kaons, particles made up of quarks, are decaying in ways that defy current physics models. Could this anomaly indicate the existence ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are now found everywhere on Earth, from ocean depths to agricultural soils and even inside the human body. Yet scientists still struggle to understand what these ...

An experiment measuring a single atom's recoil confirmed that observing a particle destroys interference, settling the ...

The National Science Foundation's massive IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole just got a major new upgrade, which promises to take the search for "ghost particles" to a new level.

A portable detector the size of a cookie box reveals in real time the cosmic particles that pass through your body every ...

Why did this particle mysteriously disintegrate?

Photoionization mass spectrometry has transformed analytical chemistry, enabling complex chemical analysis and celebrating a ...

Atmospheric aerosols influence climate forcing, air quality, visibility, and human health, but their properties vary widely across space and time. Satellite instruments equipped with multi-angle and ...

The album's lead single explores the Staten Island hip-hop collective as "a transformative force and a guiding light through inner conflict and personal struggle." ...

For a mere moment after the Big Bang, no neutrons or protons are thought to have existed. These neutral and positively charged particles, respectively, make up the center of all atoms today. But ...