Almost anytime physicists announce that they’ve discovered a new particle, whether it’s the Higgs boson or the recently bagged double-charm tetraquark, what they’ve actually spotted is a small bump ...

At the heart of every atomic nucleus, the strong interaction quietly dictates the structure of matter, yet for decades one of its simplest products refused to fit the script. The way fragile “light ...

At the heart of physics is experimental and theoretical research that extends our knowledge of the universe, and paves the way for new applications of that knowledge. Luther Physics Department faculty ...