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…
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…
AI for Particle Physics: Searching for Anomalies
In 1930, a young physicist named Carl D. Anderson was tasked by his mentor with measuring the energies…
Neutrino detection may enable nuclear weapons testing without blasts
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory say neutrinos could be used as a diagnostic tool to better understand…
Dark Matter’s Earliest Moments May Have Been Far More Extreme Than We Thought
Dark matter map (2021) by the Dark Energy Survey using weak gravitational lensing data set. The mass maps are weighted projections…
CERN’s Future Circular Collider project gets $1 billion funding
In a historic first for the laboratory, CERN has received $1 billion in private donations to support the…
Dark matter may have begun much hotter than scientists thought
New dark matter research challenges decades-old theories and sheds light on the early beginnings of the Universe. Researchers…
Fusion reactors may be the key to uncovering dark matter particles
Nuclear fusion is often framed as a future source of clean energy. A new theoretical study is looking…
Physics team detects first carbon reaction caused by neutrinos
Scientists have recorded a rare interaction between solar neutrinos and carbon for the first time. The result marks…