Determining this value as accurately as possible would help physicists nail down exactly which virtual particles are toying with the electron’s magnetic moment—some of which might belong to a ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to new physics, a study suggests.

That particle could be popping up as a virtual particle, interfering with muons through some as-yet-undetected force, and then disappearing again.

Physics Why virtual particles don’t exist but do explain reality – for now. So-called virtual particles aren't particles at all. Some argue that they are merely mathematical figments, and that ...

In earlier work, the same team argued that the intense gravitational pull of any compact object—not just a black hole—could split virtual particle pairs in the vacuum of space. This phenomenon ...

An international team of researchers have observed a phenomenon called virtual melting in colloidal crystals. They studied how it helps enable changes from one crystalline structure to another ...

This is radiation that is predicted to be created when virtual particle–antiparticle pairs within the quantum vacuum are ripped apart at a black hole’s event horizon – the antiparticle then ...

At Fermilab, US physicists are refining their measurements of this subatomic particle—which has major implications for the Standard Model.

Precision test of particle’s magnetism confirms earlier shocking findings — but theory might not need a rethink after all. Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com.

By tracking the spectrum of Hawking radiation, scientists might be able to distinguish between high-energy particle physics ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to new physics, a study suggests.

By tracking the spectrum of Hawking radiation, scientists might be able to distinguish between high-energy particle physics models. Neutrino telescopes, such as IceCube, could even help uncover ...