It is commonly assumed that tiny particles just go with the flow as they make their way through soil, biological tissue, and ...

Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic fragments with sizes ranging from millimeters (<5 mm) to nanometers, have become a growing environmental and public health concern. First identified in the ...

Accurately modeling irregularly-shaped particles isn’t easy, but a new study found a way to improve a century-old idea.

The NA62 Collaboration has dramatically reduced the uncertainty in its measurement of an extremely rare particle decay, in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ultrafine particles stem from a variety of natural and human-made sources, including vehicle exhaust. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Long ...

A dense network of sensors is looking for the fleeting footprints of neutrinos, the most mysterious in the pantheon of known ...

A pair of identical particles swapping places sounds like a small move. In quantum physics, it is a defining one.

In our three-dimensional space, elementary particles neatly filter into either bosons or fermions. But in lower dimensions, that distinction gets a bit murky.

Empty space, despite how we think of it, may not be as empty as we assume. Although we cannot detect the virtual particles present in empty space, their presence is necessary to predict, ...

When flushed, commercial toilets can spew airborne particles at speeds of up to 6.6 feet per second. John Crimaldi et al. / University of Colorado Boulder With the press of a handle and a powerful ...