Particle Physics
A Hunt for Sterile Neutrinos Could Unlock Deep Cosmic Secrets
The Short-Baseline Neutrino Program will try to determine once and for all whether sterile neutrinos are real
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Particle Physics
Road Map for U.S. Particle Physics Wins Broad Approval
A major report plotting the future of U.S. particle physics calls for cuts to the beleaguered DUNE project, advocates a “muon shot” for a next-generation collider and recommends a new survey of the universe’s oldest observable light...
Particle Physics
This Year's Physics Nobel Awards Scientists for Slicing Reality into Attoseconds
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier split the award for their ability to picture nature in a billionth of a billionth of a second
Particle Physics
What Happens if You Drop Antimatter? New Gravitational Test Sees First Fall
In theory, physicists knew that antimatter should behave just like matter under gravity’s pull. But until now, no one had ever seen it happen
Particle Physics
How Antisemitism and Professional Betrayal Marred Lise Meitner’s Scientific Legacy
Letters between Lise Meitner and the chemist Otto Hahn reveal how she struggled with Hahn's failure to credit her work and condemn the Nazi atrocities
Quantum Physics
To Get Kids Interested in Science, We Have to Let Them Do Science
A pilot program for high schoolers offers a blueprint in getting students involved in cutting-edge particle physics research
Particle Physics
She Cracked the Mystery of How to Split the Atom, but Someone Else Got the Nobel Prize for the Discovery
Lise Meitner, an Austrian-born Jewish physicist, never received the Nobel Prize she deserved for her pioneering work on nuclear fission
Basic Chemistry
Rare Superheavy Oxygen Isotope Is Detected at Last
The long-awaited discovery of oxygen 28 might prompt physicists to revamp theories of how atomic nuclei are structured
Particle Physics
Particle Physicists Dream of a Muon Collider
After years spent languishing in obscurity, proposals for a muon collider are regaining momentum among particle physicists
Quantum Physics
Will Scientists Ever Find a Theory of Everything?
Physicists are on an ever urgent quest to find a fuller understanding of what makes the cosmos tick, which they call a theory of everything
Particle Physics
Muon Mystery Deepens with Latest Measurements
The latest data from the Muon g−2 experiment corroborates previous results, but clashing theoretical predictions leave physicists without a clear conclusion
Astronomy
The Most Surprising Discoveries in Physics
Experts weigh in on the most shocking, paradigm-shifting and delightful findings in the history of physics
Particle Physics
Here’s What Physics Tells Us about Barbie’s World
Using concepts from theoretical physics and explorations of the multiverse, here’s what we can understand about Barbie and the world she lives in
Particle Physics
Physicists Make Matter out of Light to Find Quantum Singularities
Experiments that imitate solid materials with light waves reveal the quantum basis of exotic physical effects
Particle Physics
The Weirdest Particles in the Universe
Neutrinos are bizarre and ubiquitous and may just break the rules of physics
Particle Physics
How Much Does ‘Nothing’ Weigh?
The Archimedes experiment will weigh the void of empty space to help solve a big cosmic puzzle
Particle Physics
Strange Material Breaks a Classic Rule of Physics
An unusual semiconductor is making physicists rethink the science of extreme conditions
Particle Physics
Physicists See ‘Strange Matter’ Form inside Atomic Nuclei
New research attempts to discern how bizarre particles of strange matter form in the nuclei of atoms
Particle Physics
Scientists Create ‘Slits in Time’ in Mind-Bending Physics Experiment
Researchers have replicated the classic double-slit experiment using lasers. But their slits are in time, not space
Particle Physics
Bizarre Quantum Tunneling Observation Throws Out All the Rules
The strange phenomenon of quantum tunneling has been observed in a chemical reaction that defies classical physics
