Far lighter than other ions collided at the LHC, oxygen (and neon) could tell us about conditions in the early universe.

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help unravel the mystery of dark matter. The Standard Model of particle physics o ...

By the middle of the twentieth century we’d understood how chemical elements were made up of protons, neutrons and electrons.

The UMass Lowell Radiation Laboratory conducts world-class research in nuclear science, trains the next-generation workforce, and provides controlled radiation environments and analytical measurement ...

Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...