Fundamentally, matter is composed of elementary particles calledquarksandleptons, both of which are considered elementary particles in that they aren't made up of smaller units of matter. Quarks -- groups ofsubatomic particlesthat interact by means of astrong force-- combine into protons and neutro...
Back on Earth, beneath a mountain in Italy, theLNGS's XENON1Tis hunting for signs of interactions after WIMPs collide with xenon atoms. "A new phase in the race to detect dark matter with ultra-low background massive detectors on Earth has just begun with XENON1T," project spokesperson Ele...
The scientific study of matter's characteristics and behaviour is known as chemistry.andare different from the normal vocabulary. It is a branch of natural science that examines the building blocks of matter, including the atoms, molecules, and ions that make up compounds and their composition, s...