How did the universe come into being? There are a multitude of theories on this subject. In a Physical Review Letters paper, ...

In the quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe, physicists are revisiting a 150-year-old theory that could illuminate ...

Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, who spent decades advancing physics in both the U.S. and China, died in Beijing on Saturday at ...

Modern multiverse fiction incorporates real physics equations and string theory principles rather than relying on pure ...

Deep in the core of most galaxies, hidden by spinning clouds of gas and dust, black holes spin like cosmic engines. These giants — some are billions of times heavier than our sun — can shoot out ...

Recently, I watched a fellow particle physicist talk about a calculation he had pushed to a new height of precision. His tool? A 1980s-era computer program called FORM. Particle physicists use some of ...

As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing ...

Yang Zhenning was born in 1922 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. His early education took place in China, where he developed a keen interest in physics. After completing his undergraduate studies, he ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For nearly a century, the magnetic anomaly of the fundamental particle known as a muon has served as a means to test theories against experimental ...

Ning, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, passed away at the age of 103, leaving behind a legacy that extends far beyond his academic achievements. His life was marked not only by groundbreaking ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...