In a first, US researchers have observed fractional excitons, a new class of quantum particles, that were only theoretically known to exist so far.

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

When building an atom, pay close attention to the particles' electrical charges. Protons have a charge of +1. Electrons have a charge of -1. Neutrons are neutral, as its name implies. A stable ...

"Our findings point toward an entirely new class of quantum particles that carry no overall charge but follow unique quantum statistics," said Jia Li, an associate professor of physics at Brown.

Listen to the full series on BBC Sounds. Electrons are negatively charged particles and they transfer energy through wires as electricity. Charge close chargeProperty of matter that causes a force ...

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In quantum physics, subatomic particles behave strangely—they can be in two places simultaneously, move through solid objects, and communicate instantly over long distances. Scientists are studying ...

The photon, which transmits the electromagnetic force, has no electrical charge, but the particles known as gluons that transmit the strong force do carry the equivalent strong-force “colour ...

Astrophysicists at the University of Duisburg-Essen were able to make significant observations of collision speed and electrical charge of the particles through experiments on a suborbital flight.

Beyond the realm of the physical world, where particles are involved in simple roles like carrying charge or existing as matter, there is the quantum world, where particles pass through solid ...