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New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called “octonions.”
Sau Lan Wu spent decades working to establish the Standard Model of particle physics. Now she’s searching for what lies beyond it.
The universe has not cooperated with physicists’ hopes. In desperation, many are looking for new ways to search for surprises at the Large Hadron Collider.
The two physicists who introduced Peccei-Quinn symmetry came up with their idea on and around Stanford University’s campus 40 years ago.
The theoretical particle physicist Helen Quinn has blazed a singular path from the early days of the Standard Model to the latest overhaul of science education in the United States.
Physicists are confronting their “nightmare scenario.” What does the absence of new particles suggest about how nature works?
The irreversibility of time may be a clue as to what makes up the universe’s dark matter.
The physical nature of computers might reveal deep truths about their uniquely powerful abstract abilities.
Three physicists have proposed a new solution to one of the deepest mysteries in particle physics: why the Higgs boson has such a tiny mass.