Dive into the fundamental building blocks of realitywhere quarks dance, bosons mediate, and the very fabric of existence unfolds at the smallest scales
It is the science of the invisible a search for the hidden architecture of reality. In this realm, matter dissolves into quanta, forces whisper across emptiness, and observation itself becomes a disturbance. Particle physics asks not just what the universe is made of, but why it behaves so strangely when we try to look too closely.
From the moment we uncovered the electron, reality began to shift. The Higgs boson only confirmed it that beneath the world we know lies another, colder and stranger, waiting to be understood.
The Standard Model of particle physics describes the fundamental particles and three of the four known fundamental forces in the universe.
The world's largest and most powerful particle collider, located at CERN.
Image courtesy:Fermilab
An American particle accelerator known for key discoveries like the top quark.
Image courtesy:Super-Kamiokande
A neutrino observatory in Japan that provided evidence for neutrino oscillation.
Dive deep into the fascinating world of particle physics through our curated articles and research insights.
At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, particles are smashed together at nearly the speed of light to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang. These collisions reveal short-lived particles and fundamental forces, helping physicists decode the very fabric of the universe.
Scientists at underground laboratories worldwide are pushing the boundaries of dark matter detection. Using increasingly sensitive detectors, researchers are closer than ever to directly observing these elusive particles that make up approximately 27% of the universe's mass-energy content.
Next-generation particle accelerators promise to unlock mysteries beyond the Standard Model. From the proposed Future Circular Collider to revolutionary plasma-based acceleration techniques, these machines will probe energy scales never before reached by human technology.
Liquid heated near boiling point. When a charged particle passes through, it ionizes atoms, creating nucleation sites where bubbles form along the particle's path.
• Liquid is kept just below boiling point under pressure
• Charged particles ionize atoms, creating nucleation sites
• Pressure is suddenly reduced, causing bubbles to form at ionization points
• Camera captures bubble trails before they obscure the chamber
A journey through the key discoveries in particle physics.
1897
J.J. Thomson identifies the first subatomic particle: the electron.
1919
Ernest Rutherford confirms the existence of the positively charged proton.
1932
James Chadwick discovers the electrically neutral neutron.
1964
Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig independently propose the existence of quarks.
1964
Peter Higgs and others propose the Higgs mechanism to explain mass in particles.
1998
Super-Kamiokande experiment in Japan confirms neutrinos have mass.
2012
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider confirms existence of the Higgs boson.