Shining light on the Weak force: ATLAS observes WWγ production
The ATLAS Collaboration reports its first observation of WWγ production – a rare process involving the simultaneous production…
Scientists Discover “Virtual Charges” That Exist Only When Light Hits
High-precision optical components used to manipulate attosecond light pulses. Credit: Politecnico di Milano A study led by Politecnico…
A Physics Experiment Turned Lead Into Gold
The ALICE Collaboration is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for transforming lead into gold for…
Shape-shifting collisions probe secrets of early Universe
The first high-energy collisions between light nuclei at the Large Hadron Collider confirm the unusual “bowling-pin” shape of…
New Method Proposed To Detect Universe’s Mysterious “Phantom Heat” Predicted by Einstein
A team in Japan has proposed a clever method to finally detect the mysterious Unruh effect, a predicted…
This Giant Subterranean Neutrino Detector Is Taking On the Mysteries of Physics
Located 700 meters underground near the city of Jiangmen in southern China, a giant sphere—35 meters in diameter…
MIT Physicists Propose First-Ever “Neutrino Laser”
MIT physicists propose a “neutrino laser,” a quantum-driven burst of neutrinos that could revolutionize communication and medical technology.…
Quantum computers the key to elusive ‘Theory of Everything’
During the first two decades of the 20th century, European science experienced a revolution. Albert Einstein’s Theory of…
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.…
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…
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…