By tracing the origins of an unusual, short-lived particle, researchers have gathered some of the strongest evidence yet that ...

Melting Arctic ice is releasing tiny particles that help form clouds, reshaping climate in one of Earth’s fastest-warming ...

Researchers have, for the first time, described the properties of one-dimensional anyons and outlined how these particles can be observed using existing experimental setups.

Tiny particles bubbling up from the tops of melting sea ice into the Arctic sky may be a key, understudied element of cloud formation in that climate-sensitive region.

According to our current understanding of the universe, quarks are fundamental, point-like particles: basic building blocks ...

A tightly packed ball of office staples can be surprisingly strong. Try to pull it apart and the tangled metal resists like a ...

The dust particles in question are no larger than the smoke particles released when a candle is lit.

If there weren’t any planets, stars, comets, asteroids, or other cosmic debris flying around, there would be merely the ...

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 ...

Scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider have observed particles emerging directly from empty ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how bacteria share genes—including those that spread antibiotic resistance.