A Tiny Particle May Upend Physics … And Our Own Understanding of the Universe0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 13, 2022
The W boson, one of the universe’s fundamental particles, may be heavier than scientists previously thought.
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Long-lost letter from Albert Einstein discusses a link between physics and biology, 7 decades before evidence emerges0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 14, 2021
Since the dawn of the electronic age, it has never been easier for researchers to engage with the general public — gaining access to precious resources otherwise unavailable.
Physicists describe new type of aurora0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- May 7, 2021
For millennia, humans in the high latitudes have been enthralled by auroras—the northern and southern lights. Yet even after all that time, it appears the ethereal, dancing ribbons of light above Earth still hold some secrets.
Giant lasers help re-create supernovas’ explosive, mysterious physics0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 12, 2020
Pocket-sized blasts in the lab reveal details of massive stellar explosions
Student Solves Physics Mystery That Stumped Scientists for a Century0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 6, 2019
A Bachelor’s student at EPFL discovered why air bubbles don’t appear to rise in narrow tubes, solving a 100-year-old conundrum.
When Physics Collide: The Rapport between Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 20, 2019
These two physics theories have not been linkable in the past.
Physicists Solve a 35-Year-Old Mystery Hidden Inside Atomic Cores0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- February 28, 2019
New research reveals that pairs of protons and neutrons within atomic nuclei influence the speed of quarks passing through
What the electron’s near-perfect roundness means for new physics0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 30, 2018
The particle’s most precise measurement yet suggests the LHC isn’t large enough
Physicists’ search for rare Higgs boson pairs could yield new physics0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 14, 2018
The giant CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider will search for double-Higgs events.
The Consolations of Physics: Why the Wonders of the Universe Can Make You Happy by Tim Radford – review0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 28, 2018
From the Voyager mission to detecting the merging of black holes over a billion years ago, an argument for the pleasures of theoretical thinking
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