As The Infinite Monkey Cage explores what we know about the subatomic particles that form our universe, we take a look at some of the freaky facts and unsolved mysteries surrounding the substance ...

Collisions between certain subatomic particles can produce matter/antimatter pairs, so one possible explanation is that ...

A Canada-based technology company is taking an out-of-this-world approach to help miners find orebodies faster and then better understand them when they do.

A new theory suggests that gravity could possibly be the result of entropy. If true, this would mean that everything in the ...

The Universe predominantly consists of matter made of subatomic particles such as electrons, protons, and neutrons. However, there is also a presence of antimatter. Like ordinary matter ...

We experience the flow of time because it’s a natural outcome of the basic laws of physics. But we may need to build a whole ...

In simple terms, it does this by reimagining what reality is made of. Instead of treating subatomic particles as the fundamental building blocks of matter, string theory says that everything is ...

The range of subatomic particles and fundamental forces are the cutting edge of modern physics. Nuclear reactions Alpha decay involves the release of a helium nucleus. Beta decay involves the ...