The quarks that form the nuclei of all atoms around us are known to “mix,” meaning they occasionally transform from one type to another. However, the exact frequencies of these transformations remain ...

Deep within the atoms that make up our bodies and even within the protons and neutrons that make up atomic nuclei, are tiny particles called quarks.

The LHCb collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider recently reported the discovery of a doubly charmed baryon with a large binding energy between the two charm quarks inside it. Marek Karliner ...

Quarks make up all matter, but have never been seen by themselves. And they have "flavors" and "colors" — though neither term has any relevance to what ...

So much has changed in our scientific knowledge since Quirks & Quarks went on the air in 1975, but so has the way science journalists gather that science news. Despite the technological ...

In order to have a bound state of quarks (or quarks and antiquarks), you have to have a gluon leave one particle and arrive at the other.

Last week, scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of the "pentaquark" particle, clearing up 50 years of false signals and potential sightings, says Marcelo Gleiser.

Quarks are commonly considered by physicists as the very building blocks of reality. But even quarks’ greatest champions admit they are extremely bizarre entities. Quarks are believed to have ...

Fusing two bottom quarks can result in massive amount of energy more powerful than that of nuclear fusion. Is there reason to worry about potential threats from a quark bomb?

The internal structure of a proton, with quarks, gluons, and quark spin shown. The nuclear force acts like a spring, with negligible force when unstretched but large, attractive forces when ...