This week on phys.org, we published news about muons, gigantic stellar waves, a Homo-erectus-thwarting mini ice age, and a new whale guy. New whale guy: If you relate emotionally to organisms that ...

Scientists working on the Muon g-2 experiment, including College of Natural Sciences professor of physics David Kawall and members of his lab, have released their third and final measurement of what’s ...

David Kawall (r) and David Kessler (l) calibrating the magnetic field. Above: The superconducting muon storage ring at Fermilab. (Images credit: Fermilab) This long-awaited result is a tremendous ...

The standard model of particle physics is beginning to show cracks. A fundamental particle called the muon has been caught behaving strangely, and new experimental results from Fermilab in Illinois ...

The Fermilab particle accelerator facility near Chicago is making remarkable progress in the quest to discover a potential new force of nature. Recent findings challenge the prevailing theory of ...

One of the most enduring mysteries of particle physics may be finally resolved, two new studies suggest. The oddities of muons, subatomic particles that are relatives of electrons, are starting to ...

For over two decades, high-energy physicists have grappled with a fundamental question about an important quantum property of muons—a class of subatomic particles 207 times heavier than electrons, ...

The muon is often described as the electron's heavy cousin. A more appropriate description might be its rogue relation. Since its discovery triggered the words "who ordered that" (Isidor Isaac Rabi, ...