An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense maelstrom of the early universe has puzzled physicists for decades. Following its surprise discovery in 2003, scientists began observing a slew ...

One of the most challenging goals for researchers in the fields of nuclear and particle physics is to better understand the interactions between quarks and gluons — the building blocks of protons and ...

A William & Mary physicist has been awarded computing time on a U.S. Department of Energy machine that holds current bragging rights of world’s fastest supercomputer. Konstantinos Orginos, a professor ...

Combining LaMET with phenomenological modeling using global constraints from SDE can offer accurate state-of-the-art lattice quantum chromodynamics of PDFs, offering a new approach for first-principle ...

Polarized proton containing spinning quarks and gluons (represented by right-handed and left-handed spirals). The negative Δg solutions (blue) are disfavored relative to the positive Δg solutions (red ...

Internal structure The 17th Quarkonium Working Group attracted more than 200 researchers to CERN. Credit: N Brambilla. Quarkonium physics dates back to the November Revolution of ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Quantum computers could enable physicists to tackle questions even the most powerful computers cannot handle. After years of speculation, quantum computing is here—sort of. Physicists are beginning to ...