"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

Physicists have long treated mass as a basic ingredient of nature, something particles simply possess, even as the Higgs ...

An illustration conveying the idea of a space-based quantum internet, which would seem, like the hypothetical particle of a tachyon, to outpace light. An illustration ...

Jason Bono was one of the researchers behind a major scientific moment — when tiny particles unexpectedly unraveled one of the most important and successful theories in physics. Bono, who earned his ...

Retired psychiatrist Dr. Sam D. Toney releases Revelation Equation, a science fiction novel grounded in real physics that ...

A new theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental forces and particle properties may arise from the geometry of hidden ...

“Using newer mathematical tools, my colleague and I have demonstrated a new theory that may accurately describe the universe.

Peter Higgs, the European scientist who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for describing the Higgs boson(Photo: AP) Peter Higgs, the European scientist who won the ...

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. “Higgs” is Peter Higgs, a professor at Edinburgh, who made ...