Deep in the heart of the matter, some numbers don't add up. For example, while protons and neutrons are made of quarks, ...

The geometry of space, where physical laws unfold, may also hold answers to some of the deepest questions in fundamental ...

Physicist Laura Marini is run co-ordinator and site manager of the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE). Operated by an international collaboration, the experiment is situated ...

CERN’s calculation of the W boson’s mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the possibility of new physics. Particle’s surprise mass threatens to upend the standard ...

The accelerating expansion of the universe could be explained by modifying general relativity so that gravity has mass – or so thinks a small group of physicists. Matthew Francis reports What lies ...