By analysing the most elegant and intricate pattern known to mathematics, "outsider" physicist Garrett Lisi has uncovered a relationship underlying all the universe's particles and forces, including gravity - or so he hopes.
A class of subatomic particle, consisting of five quarks rather than the normal two or three, has been discovered by physicists in Japan. Theorists had expected combinations of four or more to exist, but experiments over the past 30 years had failed to detect them.
After a long trip across the galaxy, cosmic rays could be employed to find contraband nuclear material hidden in cars, trucks or large ocean-going containers, using a clever new device developed by astrophysicists and national security experts.
The particles generated by cosmic rays crashing into the Earth's atmosphere could reveal nuclear material and other dense objects hidden inside cars, trucks and sea containers. The objects can be detected because the particles are deflected by dense matter.
Astronomers are building telescopes at the bottom of the Mediterranean sea to detect nuetrinos and possibly confirm the existence of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs).
UK scientists are to call for faster progress towards building a giant atom smasher. The proposed ?3bn machine will recreate conditions seen moments after the Big Bang.
After years of searching and months of sifting through data, scientists have still not found the elusive Higgs boson sub-atomic particle that could help to unravel the secrets of the universe.
An experiment that involved smashing together certain subatomic particles at great speeds produced an unexpected result, prompting physicists yesterday to announce that they might be on the verge of finding a new form of matter or energy.
The Chandra X- Ray Observatory is advancing the field of cosmology but is also proving to be an unexpected boon for particle physicists, trying to understand dark matter.
Scientists at the Fermilab in Illinois, home to the world's most powerful atom smasher, announced Wednesday that data collected during the last big round of experiments into the depths of the atom is now available online.