Deep beneath the border of France and Switzerland, the world's most massive physics machine is sending subatomic particles smashing into each other at speeds nearing the speed of light. Physicists ...

Ever wonder what an atom might sound like, if you could tap it like a tuning fork? Wonder no more, scientists say; they report they've managed just such a "tap" and recorded the result. Researchers at ...

The July 4 discovery of a particle that closely resembles the Higgs boson opens a new era in science: it should help us understand some fundamental mysteries, such as how microscopic particles attain ...