Muons are unstable subatomic particles that spontaneously and rapidly transform into other particles via a process known as electroweak decay. Altering the speed with which muons decay into other ...

Muons are everywhere. Unbeknownst to you, several hundred strike your head every second. These subatomic particles — created when cosmic rays enter the Earth's atmosphere — are harmless and quickly ...

The 50-foot-wide racetrack used to study muons traveled by barge around Florida and up the Mississippi, and then by truck across Illinois. Reidar Hahn, Fermilab About 50 years ago, physicists came up ...

From protons to electrons to atomic nuclei, physicists love smashing tiny stuff together. And soon, they may have an even better way to get their kicks. A new experiment raises prospects for building ...

Together with an international team, researchers from the Molecular Physics Department at the Fritz Haber Institute have revealed how atoms rearrange themselves before releasing low-energy electrons ...

Editor’s Note (10/19/21): On October 19, 2021, LHCb physicists unveiled two more small anomalies that continue a curious pattern of “missing” muons, which collectively hint that these exotic subatomic ...

The fact that we are here at all is one of the greatest puzzles of physics. We are made from normal particles such as electrons, but every such particle also has an antimatter companion that is ...

Muography, a technique used to peer inside nuclear reactors and Egyptian pyramids, could help map the innards of the world’s most hazardous volcanoes. By Robin George Andrews The next time the sun is ...

When researchers announced in 2017 that they had discovered a previously unknown void within Egypt’s Great Pyramid, their finding generated much excitement. The 30 m-long cavity, located above the ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...

Researchers in the US have developed a mobile muon detector that has the potential to revolutionize spent nuclear fuel monitoring and address a critical challenge in quantum computing. Physicists and ...