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New NOvA results add to mystery of neutrinos
The international NOvA collaboration presented new results at the Neutrino 2024 conference in Milan, Italy, on June 17. The collaboration doubled their neutrino data since their previous release four years ago, including ...
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Jun 28, 2024
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LHCb investigates the rare Σ+→pμ+μ- decay
The LHCb collaboration reported the observation of the hyperon Σ+→pμ+μ- rare decay at the XV International Conference on Beauty, Charm, Hyperons in Hadronic Interactions (BEACH 2024) in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. ...
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Jun 28, 2024
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Magnesium-18's unique decay process: From theory to practice
Led by physicist Si-Min Wang, the research team at Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, and Shanghai Research Center for Theoretical Nuclear Physics, NSFC, Fudan University, ...
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Jun 27, 2024
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Visual explanations of machine learning models to estimate charge states in quantum dots
A group of researchers has successfully demonstrated automatic charge state recognition in quantum dot devices using machine learning techniques, representing a significant step toward automating the preparation and tuning ...
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Jun 27, 2024
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Re-analyzing LHC Run 2 data with cutting-edge analysis techniques allowed physicists to address old discrepancy
Supersymmetry (SUSY) is an exciting and beautiful theory that answers some of the open questions in particle physics. It predicts that all known particles have a "superpartner" with somewhat different properties. For example, ...
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Jun 27, 2024
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New calculation approach allows more accurate predictions of how atoms ionize when impacted by high-energy electrons
During electron-impact ionization (EII), high-energy electrons collide with atoms, knocking away one or more of their outer electrons. To calculate the probability that ionization will occur during these impacts, researchers ...
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Jun 26, 2024
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Researchers capture detailed picture of electron acceleration in one shot
Adjusting experimental methods achieved the first "single-shot" diagnosis of electron acceleration through a laser wakefield accelerator along a curved trajectory, according to a recent study led by University of Michigan ...
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Jun 26, 2024
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Experiment captures atoms in free fall to look for gravitational anomalies caused by dark energy
Dark energy—a mysterious force pushing the universe apart at an ever-increasing rate—was discovered 26 years ago, and ever since, scientists have been searching for a new and exotic particle causing the expansion.
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Jun 26, 2024
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Event camera integrates Fourier light field microscopy for ultrafast 3D imaging
High-speed volumetric imaging is an indispensable tool for investigating dynamic biological processes. Traditional scanning-based 3D imaging techniques, such as confocal microscopy, two-photon microscopy, and light-sheet ...
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Jun 26, 2024
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Understanding the interior of atomic nuclei
There is a lot going on inside atomic nuclei. Protons and neutrons are whizzing around and interacting with each other. The movement of the nuclear particles and their intrinsic angular momentum induce magnetic moments. Together, ...
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Jun 26, 2024
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Model shows how plankton survive in a turbulent world
How do particles move in turbulent fluids? The answer to this question can be found in a new model presented in a thesis from the University of Gothenburg. The model could help speed up the development of new drugs.
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Jun 25, 2024
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How 'sticky' is dense nuclear matter?
Colliding heavy atomic nuclei together creates a fluidlike soup of visible matter's fundamental building blocks, quarks and gluons. This soup has very low viscosity—a measure of its "stickiness," or resistance to flow.
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Jun 25, 2024
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Space radiation can damage satellites—next-generation material could self-heal when exposed to cosmic rays
The space environment is harsh and full of extreme radiation. Scientists designing spacecraft and satellites need materials that can withstand these conditions.
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Jun 24, 2024
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Do protons decay? The answer might be on the moon
Does proton decay exist and how do we search for it? This is what a recently submitted study to the arXiv preprint server hopes to address as a team of international researchers investigate a concept of using samples from ...
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Jun 24, 2024
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Quantum effects forbid the formation of black holes from high concentrations of intense light, say physicists
For the last seven decades, astrophysicists have theorized the existence of "kugelblitze," black holes caused by extremely high concentrations of light.
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Jun 24, 2024
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Key mechanism in nuclear reaction dynamics promises advances in nuclear physics
Researchers have made significant progress in understanding the transfer of neutrons in weakly bound nuclei. The experiment, performed at Legnaro National Laboratory, focused on the one-neutron stripping process in reactions ...
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Jun 21, 2024
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Focusing micromechanical polaritons in topologically nontrivial hyperbolic metasurfaces
Dr. Johan Christensen, leader of IMDEA Materials Institute's Mechanical and Acoustic Metamaterials research group, is among the researchers behind a pioneering study exploring the topological properties of metamaterials.
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Jun 21, 2024
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New theory broadens phase transition exploration
In a paper recently published in Physical Review Letters, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers offer a new theory that predicts defect density across a variety of phase transitions. The research opens new routes for ...
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Jun 18, 2024
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Physicists combine multiple Higgs boson pair studies and discover clues about the stability of the universe
Remember how difficult it was to find one Higgs boson? Try finding two at the same place at the same time. Known as di-Higgs production, this fascinating process can tell scientists about the Higgs boson self-interaction.
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Jun 18, 2024
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Physicists find a new way to represent π
While investigating how string theory can be used to explain certain physical phenomena, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have stumbled upon on a new series representation for the irrational number π. ...
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Jun 18, 2024
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