Ten figures stand in a circle inside a Japanese-style penthouse. The lights are low. A white stormtrooper huddles beside a large, orange cat, who bows his head and clears his throat.

Every time I write about particle physics, I encounter a moment of uncertainty about a quantity that, at first glance, ought to be clear. How many kinds of elementary particles should I say there are?

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A major physics experiment has uncovered evidence for a strange new form of matter, where a fleeting particle gets trapped inside a nucleus. This exotic state may reveal how mass is generated, ...

A tiny discrepancy in particle physics has loomed for decades as an exciting possible crack in one of science's most successful theories, hinting at unknown forces or quantum objects. Now, an ...

A new imaging technique using a particle accelerator is giving researchers an unprecedented level of detail of our organs, producing scans 100 billion times brighter than a CT scanner. Those 3D models ...

Our planet is under a constant bombardment of radiation—from space. Well, maybe it’s not as scary as that makes it seem. “Radiation” is a catchall term astronomers use for forms of light—including ...

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Discover how adding particle click sounds can enhance the FNIRSI Geiger counter experience by making radiation detection more engaging and easier to interpret in real time. This simple modification ...

An election recount in Belgium once revealed a bizarre anomaly: a candidate had received exactly 4,096 extra votes, a number that made no mathematical sense. Investigators eventually concluded the ...

Traditional particle counting only provides information on particle size. Conversely, dynamic image analysis provides detailed data on both shape and size. This allows specific particle types (e.g., ...