New particle mass measurement deepens quantum mystery
Physicists have measured the mass of one of the universe’s basic building blocks, the W boson particle. The…
Astronomers discover a mysterious duality in dark matter
A dark matter signal that appears in one place but not another might look like a contradiction. This…
Scientists observe particles emerging from nothing
Scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider have observed particles emerging directly from empty space for the first…
Desktop particle accelerators are opening new frontiers in physics
A beam of electrons crossed just a few millimeters of plasma, then helped trigger an effect that usually…
Gravitational waves may be responsible for dark matter in the universe
Dark matter is thought to exist everywhere, wrapping around galaxies and helping to shape the largest things in…
One-in-10-billion particle decay event spotted by scientists at CERN
Researchers at CERN have just upgraded their understanding on one of the rarest particle processes ever observed, by…
CERN tests quantum microwire detectors for next-generation colliders
Researchers in the US have revealed that an emerging class of quantum sensors, called superconducting microwire single-photon detectors…
Trapping Anyons in a Single Dimension May Reveal New Types of Particle
Restricting a strange class of particles known as anyons to one dimension could force them into adopting one…
Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not
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Dive Into the Elusive World of Particles With the Global Physics Photowalk Finalists
Here’s something you rarely see so up close. The photograph above shows one of 18 optical modules inside…
America’s Largest Particle Collider Just Shut Down. Here’s What Happens Next
As foretold, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider—among the most powerful heavy-ion colliders in the world, second only to…
Something Mysteriously Powerful Slammed Into Earth in 2023. Scientists Now Have a Theory
In astrophysics, extreme events may call for extreme interpretations. Sometimes, that means weighing every possible option for what…