Large Hadron Collider ATLAS Experiment Sets Record Precision on Higgs Boson’s Mass
New result from the ATLAS experiment at CERN reaches the unprecedented precision of 0.09%. The ATLAS collaboration has achieved the most precise measurement to date…
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Playing Quantum Billiards With Protons at the Large Hadron Collider
A study conducted by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Accelerator has gained insights into the properties of strong interactions between protons at ultra-high…
Unveiling Invisible Particles: Physicists Use Water To Detect Neutrinos
For the very first time, the SNO+ experiment has demonstrated the capability to detect neutrinos emitted by a nuclear reactor located more than 240 km…
A Peek Into the Quantum Realm: MIT Physicists Generate the First Snapshots of Fermion Pairs
The images shed light on how electrons form superconducting pairs that glide through materials without friction. When your laptop or smartphone heats up, it’s due…
Electron Asymmetry and the Mystery of Matter’s Existence: A Record-Breaking Study
JILA physicists make record-breaking measurement of a key electron property. In the first moments of our universe, countless numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons formed…
Deciphering the Mystery of Neutrino Mass – A New Approach Uses Random Matrix Theory
When any substance is fragmented into increasingly smaller segments, ultimately, you reach a point where division is no longer possible. At this point, you’re left…
Discovering the Low-Energy “Break Point” for Exotic Quark-Gluon Plasma Creation
Through gold nuclei collisions at varying energies, physicists have found that the creation of quark-gluon plasma—an exotic state of matter—halts at the lowest collision energy…
Decoding Nuclear Matter: A Two-Dimensional Solution Unveils Neutron Star Secrets
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have used two-dimensional condensed matter physics to understand the quark interactions in neutron stars, simplifying the study of these densest…
Critical Point in Matter Transformation: When the Universe Changes Its Mind
Analysis of lightweight nuclei emerging from gold ion collisions offers insight into primordial matter phase changes. Physicists analyzing data from gold ion smashups at the…
Universal Physics Uncovered in the Dynamics of a Quantum System
New experiments with ultra-cold atomic gases shed light on how all interacting quantum systems evolve after a sudden energy influx. New experiments using one-dimensional gases…
Reimagining the Universe: Right-Handed Currents and Neutron Decay Interaction
New Insights on the Interplay of Electromagnetism and the Weak Nuclear Force Nuclear theorists have discovered a major effect in neutron decay related to weak…
Science Made Simple: What Are Particle Accelerators?
Particle accelerators, machines that rapidly propel charged particles like protons, atomic nuclei, and electrons to study their collisions, have deepened our understanding of the universe,…
Invisible Architects: New Link Discovered Between Dark Matter and Clumpiness of the Universe
Researchers propose in a new study that the universe’s lack of clumpiness suggests dark matter is composed of hypothetical, ultra-light particles called axions. If confirmed,…
Chasing Ghost Particles: Discovery Could Help Answer One of the Most Puzzling Questions in Physics
Theoretical physicists help expand the search for new particle — ‘axions’ — that could help answer one of the most puzzling questions in physics. One…
Quantum Boomerangs: MIT Physicist Explores the Universe’s Mysteries in an Alternate Reality
Physicist Daniel Harlow explores an alternate quantum reality in search of fundamental truths to our physical universe. Dan Harlow spends a lot of time thinking…
CP Symmetry Violation: Large Hadron Collider Tightens Precision on Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry
The LHCb collaboration’s new measurements of matter–antimatter asymmetry in decays of beauty particles are the most precise yet of their kind. The Big Bang is…
Science Made Simple: How Do Particle Accelerators Work?
Particle accelerators, machines that speed up elementary particles, are pivotal in various sectors, including science, product development, healthcare, and national security. Utilized in over 30,000…
Researchers “Split” Phonons in Step Toward New Type of Linear Mechanical Quantum Computer
The experiments are the first of their kind and could lead to new advances in computing. A team at the University of Chicago has explored…
