Scattering processes that can occur in the proton collisions made in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN show a new and surprising duality in theoretical…
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As electrons accelerated by Alfvén waves stream along the Earth’s magnetic field (yellow drops), they collide with oxygen atoms (white dots) and molecules of oxygen…
An experiment has been designed that could confirm the fifth state of matter in the universe — and change physics as we know it. If…
Specially sourced argon may soon help reveal secrets about the universe’s dark matter. University of Houston Researchers to Create Facility for Mining Exceptionally Pure Argon…
Measuring the mass of W bosons took 10 years – and the result was not what physicists expected. “You can do it quickly, you can…
The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, restarted on April 22, 2022, after more than three years of maintenance, consolidation,…
A proton–proton collision event recorded by the LHCb detector, showing the track followed by an antiproton formed in the collision. Credit: CERN Recently at the…
The CMS collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider measures the mass of the top quark with unparalleled accuracy. Credit: CERN Precise knowledge of the top-quark…
For the first time, physicists extracted the detailed “energy-dependent neutrino-argon interaction cross section,” a key value for studying how neutrinos change their flavor Physicists studying…
Abstract artist’s concept of neutrino particles. CUORE Team Places New Limits on the Bizarre Behavior of Neutrinos Physicists are closing in on the true nature…
Most precise ever measurement of W boson mass to be in tension with the Standard Model. After 10 years of careful analysis and scrutiny, scientists…
Schematics of Josephson junction device. Credit: POSTECH A POSTECH research team led by Professor Gil-Ho Lee and Gil Young Cho (Department of Physics) has developed…
New ATLAS and CMS analyses place tight limits on the strength of the Higgs boson’s interaction with the charm quark. Since the discovery of the…
Candidate event displays of a Higgs boson produced by vector-boson fusion and decaying into invisible particles. Credit: CERN The collaborations have set stringent new bounds…
The result may open doors to several lines of research in particle physics and beyond. A hybrid matter–antimatter helium atomAn atom is the smallest component…
Interior of Protons Exhibit Maximum Quantum Entanglement – May Share Common Physics With Black Holes
If a photon carries too little energy, it does not fit inside a proton (left). A photon with sufficiently high energy is so small that…
New results from the LHCb experiment on CP asymmetry in charmless three-body charged B meson decays include the largest CP asymmetry ever observed. CP asymmetry…
‘Ghost particles’ research could bolster physics, nuclear nonproliferation. A nuclear reactor at an Illinois energy plant is helping University of ChicagoFounded in 1890, the University…
In a simulation of the early universe, shortly after the Big Bang, tornado-like strings (dark blue loop) throw off axion particles. These axions should still…
Scientists from Durham University and Kings College London have presented a theoretical review in a new study strongly supporting the search for axion dark matter.…