The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

Of the four known fundamental forces of nature, the weak nuclear force is the one with the least obvious purpose. Gravity ...

In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all known fundamental particles and three forces: electromagnetism, ...

Quantum field theory marries the ideas of other quantum theories to depict all particles as “excitations” that arise in ...