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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.
In his latest book, the Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg explores how science made the modern world, and where it might take us from here.