MIT Study Reveals Why a Neutrino Laser May Be Impossible
A bold proposal to make a “neutrino laser” has run into a fundamental quantum obstacle. The reason lies…
Strong evidence that ‘baryon junctions’ give proton its identity
The visible Universe owes its existence to the brief moments after the Big Bang when many of the…
KATRIN: Charting the present and the future of neutrino mass measurements
Representing the world’s most sensitive direct neutrino mass experiment, the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is set to…
45,000-lb stands solve giant magnet storage problem for US collider
A US student has designed massive storage stands that are capable of supporting up to 45,000 pounds of…
Scientists Watch New Particles “Pop Into Existence” on a Quantum Computer
Researchers have observed string-breaking dynamics on a quantum simulator that could help probe questions related to the Big…
The Disconnection of the Large Hadron Collider Has Begun
CERN Director-General, Mark Thomson, visited the LHC tunnel to mark the start of the dismantling of the accelerator…
Scientists Hunt for Tiny Black Holes Hidden in LHC Collisions
Physicists found no tiny black holes at the LHC, but they just made the hiding place for new…
18-detector system hunts elusive neutrinos from nuclear reactor
MIT researchers working on an international neutrino experiment have expanded its detector setup from two devices to 18…
Scattering neutrinos to probe the fundamental laws of the universe | MIT News
As an experimental particle physicist and sixth-year PhD student in the Formaggio Group in the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Reyes…
CERN scientists find no evidence that the Large Hadron Collider created microscopic black holes
A new CMS analysis found no evidence that the Large Hadron Collider produced microscopic black holes or electroweak…
US largest particle collider smashes gold ions at near-light speed
Researchers in the US have turned to the world’s first heavy-ion collider to smash gold nuclei together at…
ETH Zurich physicists built an ‘atomic cannon’ to put Einstein’s theory of gravity to the test
Physicists at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute have created a narrow, cold-like beam of muonium, an…