New Insights Into Dark Matter: Belle II Yields First Results in Search of the Z’ Boson
The Belle II experiment started about one year ago. Physical Review Letters has now published the initial results of the detector. The work deals with…
Particle Physics
Quantum Computing Breakthrough: First Sighting of Mysterious Majorana Fermion on Gold
Physicists’ discovery could lead to a new family of robust qubits for quantum computing. Physicists at MIT and elsewhere have observed evidence of Majorana fermions…
Optimizing Pulses From Highly Intense X-Ray Beams in Race Toward Ultrafast Imaging of Single Particles
Using a combination of experimental and computational data, researchers discover paths to optimize pulses from highly intense X-ray beams. Scientists have long pursued the ability…
Quantum Entanglement of Independent Particles Without Any Contact – Ever
Entanglement by Identity, or Interaction Without Ever Touching What is interaction and when does it occur? Intuition suggests that the necessary condition for the interaction…
Long-Standing Quantum Physics Prediction Proven: Bethe Strings Experimentally Observed
90 years ago, the physicist Hans Bethe postulated that unusual patterns, so-called Bethe strings, appear in certain magnetic solids. Now an international team has succeeded…
More Powerful and Smaller Particle Accelerators Possible With “Game Changer” Laser
By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able to unlock clues about the particles that make up our universe….
Existence of Exotic Particles – Sought for Decades – Evidenced In Newly-Discovered Superconductor
Material may be natural home to quasiparticle hiding for decades. Particle chasing—it’s a game that so many physicists play. Sometimes the hunt takes place inside…
Scientists Build Tiny Double Particle Accelerator That Recycles Energy
Proof of concept for cascaded terahertz accelerator using long pulses. A team of DESY scientists has built a miniature double particle accelerator that can recycle…
New Tap-Proof Communication: Generating Quantum-Entangled Photons in a Spectral Range of Light Previously Inaccessible
New Photon Source for Tap-Proof Communication Developed A new method for generating quantum-entangled photons in a spectral range of light previously inaccessible developed by a…
Argonne and CERN Explore Long-Held Mystery in Nuclear Physics
Weighing In on the Origin of Heavy Elements A long-held mystery in the field of nuclear physics is why the universe is composed of the…
After 90 Years, Scientists Solve One of the Fundamental Mysteries of Chemistry
Benzene: Solving a Mystery in 126 Dimensions One of the fundamental mysteries of chemistry has been solved by a collaboration between Exciton Science, UNSW and CSIRO – and the…
Revealed: High-Entropy Alloy Multi-Stage Deformation Process at Ultra-Low Temperatures
Pave the way to design new structural materials with superior mechanical properties. An international research team led by scientists from City University of Hong Kong…
First High Sensitivity Dark Matter Axion Hunting Results From CAPP-8TB Haloscope
IBS Researchers Raising Their Flag in the Axion Dark Matter Field Researchers at the Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research (CAPP), within the Institute…
Mysterious Particle Tracks Captured in Stunning Images at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider STAR Detector
The beauty in science shines through at RHIC’s STAR detector and makes a cosmic connection. These images capture the movement and collisions of “cosmic rays”—mysterious…
Sometimes LEGO Is a Toy – At CERN, LEGO Helps Study the Building Blocks of the Universe
An improvised device, assembled using toy bricks, helped scientists conduct tests at CERN’s NA61/SHINE. CERN’s accelerator complex helps scientists probe the fundamental building blocks of…
A New Kind of Light in the Universe? “Super-Planckian” Material Emits Light That Exceeds Limits of Natural Law
Could there be a new kind of light in the universe? Since the late 19th century, scientists have understood that, when heated, all materials emit…
Intriguing Results at CERN Shows Tension With Standard Model of Particle Physics
New LHCb analysis still sees previous intriguing result: The new analysis continues to find tension with the Standard Model, but more data are needed to…
A Single X-Ray Strike Is Enough to Destroy an Entire Molecule
Radiation damage spreads among close neighbors: A single soft x-ray can destroy a protein-sized molecule. A single x-ray can unravel an enormous molecule, physicists report…