When two atomic nuclei collide at near-light speeds, they generate temperatures more than 1,000 times higher than those at the center of the sun. These collisions briefly produce a state of matter ...

Collisions between particles at high energies can sometimes produce new particles and shed light on interactions between the fundamental constituents of matter. Simulating these collisions and their ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. An early-career physicist mathematically ...

CERN has announced new results on the rare decay of subatomic particles. The process involves the transformation of a type of ...