Physicists have uncovered a path to one-dimensional anyons, exotic particles that defy the boson-fermion divide and could reshape quantum physics as we know it.

In our three-dimensional space, elementary particles neatly filter into either bosons or fermions. But in lower dimensions, that distinction gets a bit murky.

Something odd is happening deep inside the data streams from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. A set of “forbidden” patterns in ...

Gradually increasing the price of fossil fuels is considered a key element of effective climate policy—and yet it remains the ...