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…
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Seismic Signals From Space: Intriguing Correlation Between Earthquakes and Cosmic Radiation Discovered
Scientists have found a strong statistical link between changes in cosmic radiation and seismic activity, potentially aiding in earthquake prediction. However, the ability to predict…
Interior of Protons Exhibit Maximum Quantum Entanglement – May Share Common Physics With Black Holes
Fragments of the interior of a proton have been shown by scientists from Mexico and Poland to exhibit maximum quantum entanglement. The discovery, already confronted…
Gluon Exchange Model Simplifies the Internal Structure of Protons and Their Collisions
Inside each proton or neutron there are three quarks bound by gluons. Until now, it has often been assumed that two of them form a…
Creation Without Contact in the Collisions of Lead and Gold Nuclei
When heavy ions, accelerated to the speed of light, collide with each other in the depths of European or American accelerators, quark-gluon plasma is formed…
Uncovering Exotic Molecules of Astrochemical Interest
Looking at the night sky, one’s thoughts might be drawn to astrochemistry. What molecules inhabit the vast spaces between the stars? Would we see the…
Hawc: Are Photons With Monstrous Energies Coming From the Galaxy’s Largest Accelerator?
For years, in the vastness of our galaxy, astrophysicists have been tracking down pevatrons – natural accelerators of particles with monstrous energies. Thanks to the…
A Monumentally Powerful Particle Accelerator Discovered in the Cygnus Cocoon
At the heart of Cygnus, one of the most beautiful constellations of the summer sky, beats a source of high-energy cosmic ray particles: the Cygnus…
Map of Nuclear Deformation Takes the Form of a Mountain Landscape
Until recently, scientists believed that only very massive nuclei could have excited zero-spin states of increased stability with a significantly deformed shape. Meanwhile, an international…
Quantum Rings in the Hold of Laser Light: Ultracold Atoms Trapped in Surprisingly Complex Structures
Ultracold atoms trapped in appropriately prepared optical traps can arrange themselves in surprisingly complex, hitherto unobserved structures, according to scientists from the Institute of Nuclear…
An International Team of Scientists Uncovered Exotic Quantum Properties Hidden in Magnetite
New Type of Coupled Electronic-Structural Waves Discovered in Magnetite An international team of scientists uncovered exotic quantum properties hidden in magnetite, the oldest magnetic material…
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…
To See the Invisible – Scientific Astonishment and Two-Photon Vision
It started with scientific astonishment. Why is there a green glow when looking at an infrared emitting device? “Such a strange phenomenon was observed by…
Cannibal Wood Ants Were Stuck in a Polish Nuclear Weapons Bunker – Here’s What Happened
In a recent development of the story about wood ants trapped in a post-Soviet nuclear weapons bunker in Poland, scientists, led by Professor Wojciech Czechowski,…
Wood Ants Survive for Years Trapped in a Nuclear Weapons Bunker
Having built their nest over the vertical ventilation pipe of an old nuclear weapon bunker in Poland, every year a large number of wood ants…