Physicists at the world's largest atom smasher have detected a mysterious, primordial particle from the dawn of time. About 100 of the short-lived "X" particles — so named because of their ...

Dissolved iron is mysteriously pervasive in deep ocean hydrothermal plumes. An analysis of gas, metals and particles from a 4,000 km plume transect suggests that dissolved iron is maintained by ...

While neutrons visualise organic and synthetic particles, X-ray tomography shows the mineral particles and the structure they form. Method tested on prepared soil samples ...

In the acidic environment of the stomach, the polymers that make up the particles dissolve to release encapsulated vitamins and minerals.

Observations with NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer spacecraft have shed light on how particles are accelerated to nearly the speed of light in a blazar's jet.