6 Freaky Particles That Could Fix Physics—If They Exist

The magnum opus of particle physics is far from complete, requiring physicists to devise many alternatives—some weirder than ...
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Trapping Anyons in a Single Dimension May Reveal New Types of Particle

Restricting a strange class of particles known as anyons to one dimension could force them into adopting one of two new forms ...
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CERN scientists detect rare particle decay seen just once in 10 billion events

Researchers at CERN have just upgraded their understanding on one of the rarest particle ...
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Where Some See Strings, She Sees a Space-Time Made of Fractals

Pushed down to a certain scale, the laws of physics seem to fall apart. Astrid Eichhorn, a leader in an area of study called asymptotic safety, thinks we just need to push a little further.
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All fundamental forces and particles visually explained

In this video, we explore the Standard Model of particle physics, detailing the quantum field theories that describe fundamental particles and forces in the universe. Topics covered include: - ...

Why Large Hadron Collider predictions can miss the mark, and a new way to fix it

Estimating things that exist is generally easy, but when it comes to estimating things that do not exist, it's more difficult. This is something physicists from Poland and the UK are well aware of. To ...

Beam-spin asymmetry study puts proton models to the test

Getting an up-close view of life at the cellular level can be as simple as placing onion skin under a microscope and adjusting the knobs. Peering deeper, into the heart of the atoms within, isn't as ...
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Better understanding of the unknown leads to more accurate collision simulations

Estimating things that exist is generally easy, but when it comes to estimating things that do not exist, it’s more difficult. This is something physicists from Poland and the UK are well aware of. To ...
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Cosmic voids look empty but they may be tearing the universe apart

Cosmic voids may seem like the emptiest places in the universe, stripped of matter, radiation, and even dark matter. But they’re far from nothing. Even in these vast empty regions, the fundamental ...
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Scientists Simulated The Big Bang's Aftermath, And Found The Universe Was Like Soup

Immediately after the Big Bang boomed, the Universe was a trillion-degree 'soup' of unimaginably dense plasma. In a breakthrough experiment, researchers have found the first evidence that this exotic ...

Curious Kids: What is the smallest thing in the universe?

Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids. What is the smallest thing in the universe that actually exists? – Mimi, 12, Abeokuta, Nigeria To find an ...

Cosmic Voids Aren’t Empty – They’re Full of Something Far Stranger

Cosmic voids are different. These vast expanses contain very little matter. In such places, the vacuum of space-time itself becomes the dominant component. If you were positioned at the center of a ...