W bosons are subatomic particles responsible for a fundamental force at the centre of atoms. They exist for only a fraction of a second before they decay into other particles. W bosons govern what ...

Scientists have submitted proposals for a new £17billion atom-smasher to help solve the mysteries of the universe. The Future Circular Collider (FCC) will be a 56.5-mile circular tunnel buried ...

The new particles are versions of what is known as the charged Xi baryon – a short-lived cousin of the proton, which is an essential component of every atom in the universe.

The subatomic particle that has a negative charge is the electron. Out of the three subatomic particles that compose an atom, the electron has the smallest mass.

Muons are subatomic particles that are similar to electrons but around 200 times heavier. At high energy, they can easily travel through hundreds of yards of solid rock.

Blusk and Charles jointly analyzed the data that led to this discovery. The data was generated by the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider near the border of France and Switzerland. LHCb is an ...

A group of teenaged students from Cambridge, Ont., is hunting for new subatomic particles at the home of the world's largest atom smasher this week. They hope to turn up what particle physics PhDs ...

The LHCb experiment at CERN has discovered three new ‘pentaquark’ particles being created in high energy particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider.