Scientists have successfully activated the world’s smallest particle accelerator, a device as compact as a coin. This ...

Particle detectors play a crucial role in our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. They allow ...

The neutrino was 30 times more energetic than any other previously observed particle of its kind. Scientists still don’t know ...

Our estimates of the size of a neutrino span from smaller than an atomic nucleus to as large as a few metres, but now we are ...

A huge detector in the Mediterranean Sea spotted the most energetic neutrino from space to date. The particle could shed light on the universe’s most extreme phenomena.

Research is progressing on a new form of radiotherapy to treat cancer that has shown promising results, tackling difficult ...

A “ghost particle” discovered by a detector in the Mediterranean carried 30 times more energy than any neutrino observed to ...

From punch card-operated looms in the 1800s to modern cellphones, if an object has an "on" and an "off" state, it can be used ...

Astronomers using a giant network of sensors, still under construction at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, have found the highest-energy cosmic “ghost particle” ever detected.