Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have found more evidence that a subatomic particle is behaving unexpectedly. And the reason could be evidence of a new, fifth force of nature.

particle physics, which studies elementary particles, the smallest units that make up matter, experiments using accelerators that accelerate particles and collide them with targets or with each other ...

The US physics community dreams of building a muon collider. In the spring of 2022, Karri DiPetrillo was gearing up for the final step of the Snowmass particle physics community planning process. It ...

The unusually large Muon has threatened the Standard Model for decades, but new data parks the particle inside the cozy confines of established physics. Reading time 3 minutes Another nail may seal ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For nearly a century, the magnetic anomaly of the fundamental particle known as a muon has served as a means to test theories against experimental ...

Understanding neutrino interactions is crucial for obtaining a complete picture of particle physics and the universe. To date, neutrino interaction cross sections have not been measured at high energy ...

Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

The muon storage ring at Fermilab. Credit: Reidar Hahn/Wikimedia Commons Magnetic moment is an intrinsic property of a particle with spin, arising from interaction between the particle and a magnet or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Muon g−2 ring sits in its detector hall amidst electronics racks, the muon beamline, and other equipment at Fermi National ...

When trying to answer questions as deep as “what makes up the universe,” advance planning is key. On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a ...