Discover the fascinating world of particle physics — the most fundamental building blocks of the universe and the forces that ...

3 One in every 8000 of the alpha particles bounced straight back ... It is known as the Rutherford-Bohr model of atomic structure. The neutron was difficult to discover because it has no ...

Quantum physics is known for its weird characteristics, such as entanglement — what Einstein once called “spooky action at a distance” — and superposition, the bizarre ability of atomic particles to ...

Dr. James Rainwater, the present boss of the cyclotron, is finding out what happens when mesons hit protons, neutrons, or other atomic particles. He hopes that a slight improvement in the ...

In the Soudan Underground Laboratory, physicists from the University and 29 other institutions will attempt to discover whether the elusive atomic particles known as neutrinos have mass. The study ...

Two intersecting accelerators, one producing an intense beam of electrons, the other a beam of protons or heavier atomic nuclei ... produce precision 3-D snapshots of the particles’ internal ...