Phonons are sound particles or quantized vibrations of atoms in solid materials. The Debye model, a theory introduced by ...

Scientists want to connect the fundamental forces of nature in one Grand Unified Theory. The 1970s were a heady time in particle physics. New accelerators in the United States and Europe turned up ...

We think of gravity as weighty—its omnipresent grasp pulling us down to the ground. Try to lift a piano up a flight of stairs and you can feel gravity’s resistance. ( Receive emails about upcoming ...

If so, we should be able to detect these ripples in space-time in the not-too-distant future. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

To celebrate the publication of the paperback edition of my book A Tear at the Edge of Creation, I want to go back to some of its themes, given that it's been three years and a lot has happened since ...

The standard model (SM) of particle physics has developed as a result of painstaking work, over several decades, by a large number of physicists. It is a quantum field theory, combining quantum ...

The Higgs boson is a scientific Loch Ness monster. Some people believe it exists, want it to exist and have seen small glimpses of evidence that suggests it exists. Some physicists predict that this ...