Could it really be possible that all particles are mini-black holes? That’s the tantalising suggestion from Donald Coyne from UC Santa Cruz (now deceased) and D C Cheng from the Almaden Research ...
What is our Universe made out of? At a fundamental level, to the best of our knowledge, the answer is simple: particles and fields. The type of matter that makes up humans, Earth, and all the stars, ...
Everything we can see around us, like the Earth, planets, and stars, only makes up about 5% of the universe. The rest of it is comprised of invisible forces and particles that we haven't directly ...
All matter is made of basic building blocks called atoms. Atoms, in turn, are made of small positively charged particles ...
As far as particles of light are concerned, the collective is more important than the individual. When they get to decide ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. What is the Universe, at a fundamental level, truly made out of? Is ...
The pandemic has made the world keenly aware that the biggest threats to public health often come in small packages. Individual virus particles, called virions, are too small to be seen without a high ...