How large is the proton? How do we measure it?
Professor Haiyan Gao of Duke University and Professor Dipangkar Dutta of Mississippi State University outline the multifaceted nature…
Physicists propose tabletop “neutrino laser” to probe ghost particles
Trillions of ghostly particles called neutrinos stream through our bodies every second, slipping past atoms without a trace.…
New York’s ‘Big Bang Machine’ Passes Critical First Test
We know very little about the first few microseconds after the Big Bang. We have theories, most of…
CERN Deploys Cutting-Edge AI in “Impossible” Hunt for Higgs Decay
The Higgs boson gives particles mass, but its links to the lighter quarks are still largely untested. CMS…
Physicists Discover Universal Laws Governing Quantum Entanglement
Researchers used thermal effective theory to uncover universal patterns in quantum entanglement across all dimensions. Credit: Stock Scientists…
These Stars Don’t Burn – They Annihilate Dark Matter
Mysterious “dark dwarfs” may glow eternally by burning invisible dark matter — and spotting them could finally crack…
Black holes may be the source of dark energy
For decades, scientists have puzzled over dark energy, the mysterious force that makes up nearly 70% of the…
New US gamma-ray detector to unlock atomic nuclei secrets
Researchers have completed a major milestone in the construction of the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA), a cutting-edge…
The Mysterious Origins of the Most Energetic Neutrino Ever Detected
In February 2023, a cosmic particle detector housed deep in the Mediterranean Sea recorded the arrival of a…
Inside the World’s Biggest Neutrino Detector
Neutrinos are strange little things. This tiny, enigmatic particle with no charge exists in virtually every corner of…
World’s Largest Collider Finds “Modern Alchemy” as US Tech Turns Lead to Gold sparking Fury and Hope in Global Science Community
IN A NUTSHELL 🔬 Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider have detected the creation of gold nuclei during…
“China Wants to Catch Ghosts Under the Sea”: World’s Largest Underwater Telescope Could Unlock the Most Dangerous Secrets of the Universe
IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 TRIDENT is an ambitious project by China to build the world’s largest underwater neutrino…