THE commonplace mannequin of particle physics is a shocking achievement. It affords a concise description…
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Super-heavy oxygen hints at problem with the laws of physics
Oxygen-28 has 8 protons and 20 neutrons Carlos Clarivan/Science Photo Library The heaviest model of…
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Why Isaac Newton’s laws still give physicists a lot to think about
THERE are two sorts of theoretical physicists: those that use the right equation for calculating…
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Muons are still behaving oddly, which could break particle physics
Fermilab’s Muon g-2 experiment is including to proof that the usual mannequin is incomplete Ryan…
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Exotic pentaquark particle found at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
An illustration of a pentaquark CERN/Science Photo Library Researchers on the CERN particle physics laboratory’s…
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Come explore the quantum realm – it isn’t as confusing as it seems
Leader Physics Quantum concept, and the world of subatomic particles and forces it describes, has…
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Protons seem to be a different size depending on how you look at them
Protons include three quarks which can be glued collectively by particles known as gluons Sefa…
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CERN measurement casts doubt on shocking W boson result
The ATLAS detector on the Large Hadron Collider The ATLAS Collaboration A tantalising discrepancy from…
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Antimatter neutrinos detected from a nuclear reactor 240 km away
A water-based detector has been used to identify antineutrinos from nuclear reactions a whole lot…
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The 50-year quest to find the particle that almost broke physics
By Suzie Sheehy Wolfgang Pauli postulated a particle that he believed couldn’t be detected Shutterstock/Unwind…