What comes to mind when you hear the term “theoretical physics?” Probably Einstein, Hawking, and Hideki Yukawa. Or, maybe you think of Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa and Yoichiro Nambu, the trio ...

At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider on the edge of Geneva, scientists have reported a surprising twist in the behavior of matter.

In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei. Recognizing these numbers helps scientists better understand the structure ...