The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise ...

Of the four known fundamental forces of nature, the weak nuclear force is the one with the least obvious purpose. Gravity ...

The ancient Greeks speculated that it might be air, fire or water. A century ago, physicists felt sure it was the atom. Today, we believe that the deepest layer of reality is populated by a diverse ...

The Swarm mission developed by the ESA found an increasingly weakening region in the magnetic field, known as the South ...

Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the most rigorously tested quantum field theory of the standard model of particle physics 1. It describes the fundamental electromagnetic interactions of particles and ...

Earth’s magnetic field protects the planet from space weather like cosmic radiation and charged particles from the Sun. The ...

Coronal mass ejections are powerful releases of plasma, electrically charged particles from the Sun. The Sun is constantly ...

A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What happens to these ...