Electrons’ magnetism confirms particle physics’ most precise prediction
No one has ever probed a particle more stringently than this.
In a new experiment, scientists measured a magnetic property of the electron more…
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A Crucial Particle Physics Computer Program Risks Obsolescence
Recently, I watched a fellow particle physicist talk about a calculation he had pushed to a new height of precision. His tool? A 1980s-era computer program…
Scientist mimic nature to make nano particle metallic snowflakes: Scientists in New Zealand and…
Scientists in New Zealand and Australia working at the level of atoms created something unexpected: tiny metallic snowflakes. Why's that significant? Because…
Can a Particle Accelerator Trace the Origins of Printing?
Other Asian innovations, like paper and gunpowder, have a clear record of dissemination to Europe, with artifacts and record-keeping that trace their travel…
AI meets particle technology to simplify flowability and packing density predictions
Robert Hesse shows the 3D-printed non-spherical particles he used to validate the…
Particle Physicists Puzzle Over a New Duality
Once found, these inscrutable rules have helped particle physicists calculate scattering amplitudes at much higher levels of precision than they could…
ESA Space X-Ray Space Observatory Locates Unusual Particle Acceleration in Manatee Nebula’s ‘Head’
Scientists have observed unusual particle acceleration in the Manatee Nebula and finally managed to pinpoint the location of the acceleration. Using the…
ESA Locates Unusual Particle Acceleration in Manatee Nebula’s ‘Head’
Scientists have observed unusual particle acceleration in the Manatee Nebula and finally managed to pinpoint the location of the acceleration. Using the…
Particle Hunters Can Spend a Lifetime Searching for Answers
IceCube is an example of how big science, and particularly particle physics, now often works on generational time scales. Getting from the idea of IceCube to…
Scientists Discover New Elusive Particle, Magnetic Relative of Higgs Boson Particle, Using Tabletop…
In what could lead to a better understanding of mass, scientists have discovered a new particle or a quantum excitation, which was previously undetectable,…