Scientists Have Been Hunting This Elusive Particle for a Decade. It Doesn’t Exist.

The particle in question, known as a sterile neutrino, was supposed to only interact with gravity and have zero interactions ...
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The Subatomic Particle Muon Seems to "Wobble" — This Odd Behavior Could Reveal New Physics

Physicists may have yet another fundamental particle left to discover. When physicists at the Large Hardon Collider discovered the Higgs boson back in 2012, they’d found the last missing piece of the ...
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Making the invisible visible

Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, ...
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The Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year – a CERN physicist explains how the team uses subatomic splashes to restart the experiments

Particles rush through a long tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider. Maximilien Brice/CERN, CC BY-SA When you push “start” on your microwave or computer, the device flips right on – but major physics ...
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The odd behavior of a subatomic particle may shake up physics

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The peculiar wobble of a subatomic particle called a muon in a U.S. laboratory experiment is making scientists increasingly suspect they are missing something in their ...

Making the invisible visible: Space particles become observable through handheld invention

You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.
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World’s most precise measurements of subatomic particle lifetimes produced by Belle II

The Belle II experiment has recently made precise measurements of the lifetime of subatomic particles called quarks and leptons (such as electrons and neutrinos). These particles are believed to be ...

In a first, physicists set an upper limit in the search for hybrid mesons

Carnegie Mellon University's Professor Curtis Meyer and his research colleagues explore an uncharted world inside protons and neutrons. For the first time, researchers have provided measurements ...
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Einstein wrong? Subatomic particle breaks light speed, scientists find

GENEVA -- A pillar of physics -- that nothing can go faster than the speed of light -- appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic particle that has apparently made a giant end run around Albert ...
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A fleeting subatomic particle may be exposing flaws in a major physics theory

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. One of the biggest questions in particle physics is whether the ...

Two new quantum experiments just proved Einstein wrong

Now, two unrelated-but-similar experiments confirm that, in a double-slit experiment, detection of a photon’s path (its ...
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Belle II detector produces world’s most precise measurements of subatomic particle lifetimes

The Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB accelerator measures particle interactions with extreme precision. Collisions of electron and positron beams create the high-energy environment needed to ...