Inside the most powerful particle colliders on Earth, protons slam together at nearly the speed of light, shredding matter ...

Inside high-energy proton collisions, quarks and gluons briefly form a dense, boiling state before cooling into ordinary ...

Protons, the positively charged particles that help build every atom in our bodies, are starting to look less like classical ...

GENEVA, Switzerland. - The world's largest atom smasher is back in action after more than a year of repairs and may be about to make big news. Officials in Switzerland say the Large Hadron Collider is ...

An atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties. It is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. (Image: M ...

DEEP in the heart of every atom lurk protons, tiny particles from which the chemical elements were forged, first in the searing heat of the big bang and then in the nuclear furnaces of stars. The ...