As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing ...

Charged particle dynamics in electromagnetic fields is a fundamental area of research that underpins much of modern physics and engineering. This field examines how particles, typically electrons or ...

Plasma is a state of matter that emerges when a gas is heated to sufficiently high temperatures, prompting some electrons to ...

NASA’s IMAP mission, led by Princeton University’s David McComas, will study the heliosphere — the invisible electromagnetic shield that protects our solar system — to better understand this ...

This newly-discovered particle could account for dark matter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Researchers have discovered a new ...

The technology could have promising applications for nuclear fusion research and other commercial uses, the researchers said.

Ofer Cohen works for the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The university benefits from any public article that is written by one of its faculty in terms of exposure and visibility. Ofer Cohen ...

Physicists have begun using the gigantic magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe distant black holes in their search for an elusive particle that has stumped scientists for decades. (Nanowerk ...