As The Infinite Monkey Cage explores what we know about the subatomic particles that form our universe, we take a look at some of the freaky facts and unsolved mysteries surrounding the substance ...

When researchers blasted lead-208 with ions to excite the subatomic particles and determine the shape of the nucleus, they found that it was instead sort of oblong, as if it had been squashed.

The number of subatomic particles in an atom can be calculated from the atom's atomic number and mass number. The periodic table - AQA Mendeleev made an early periodic table. In the modern ...

Everything we can see around us, from far-off galaxies to our own bodies, is made up of subatomic particles, unimaginably tiny entities whose interactions produce the macroscopic effects we ...

When we think of chemistry, we may think of liquids in test tubes and under microscopes, but chemicals, too, are composed of ...