Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, low-cost particle detector that tracks muons, invisible particles that ...

You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.

At 4 a.m., while most of New Jersey slept, a Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) physicist sat at his computer ...

Researchers at TU Wien have discovered a quantum system where energy and mass move with perfect efficiency. In an ultracold ...

Scientists have uncovered shockingly high levels of microscopic plastic particles in the air over major cities, far exceeding previous estimates. The discovery suggests airborne plastics play a much ...

Found throughout our bodies, food and environment, both microplastics and their ingredients have been linked to heart attacks, stroke, respiratory conditions, fertility issues and death—to name just a ...