The High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) is scheduled to begin colliding protons in 2026. This major improvement to CERN's flagship accelerator will increase the total number of collisions in the ...
General Physics
May 17, 2019
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Dark matter is an unknown type of matter present in the universe that could be of particle origin. One of the most complete theoretical frameworks that includes a dark matter candidate is supersymmetry. Many supersymmetric ...
General Physics
May 14, 2019
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Is English "weird"? Many of us might feel this is true when we're trying to explain the complex spelling rules of the language, or the meanings of idioms such as "it's raining cats and dogs" to someone who is learning English. ...
Social Sciences
Apr 12, 2019
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In 2018, the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations at CERN announced the observation of the production of the Higgs boson in association with a top-quark pair, known as "ttH" production. This result was the first observation of the ...
General Physics
Apr 9, 2019
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The ATLAS Experiment at CERN has just released evidence for the simultaneous production of three W or Z bosons in proton–proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The W and Z bosons are the mediator particles ...
General Physics
Mar 22, 2019
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Could a Grand Unified Theory resolve the remaining mysteries of the Standard Model? If verified, it would provide an elegant description of the unification of Standard Model forces at very high energies, and might even explain ...
General Physics
Mar 13, 2019
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Researchers at LMU have built the first-ever laser-driven particle accelerator that can generate pairs of electron beams with different energies.
General Physics
Feb 22, 2019
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For several decades, particle physicists have been trying to better understand nature at the smallest distances by colliding particles at the highest energies. While the Standard Model of particle physics has successfully ...
General Physics
Nov 8, 2018
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The Water Scarcity Atlas is a freely available educational tool to help us all make more sustainable choices in day-to-day life.
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2018
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Today, Paul G. Allen Philanthropies and a consortium of partners, including Carnegie, unveiled the Allen Coral Atlas, a pioneering effort that uses high-resolution satellite imagery and advanced analytics to map and monitor ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2018
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