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General Physics Aug 5, 2024

The Higgs particle could have ended the universe by now—here's why we're still here

Although our universe may seem stable, having existed for a whopping 13.7 billion years, several experiments suggest that it is at risk—walking on the edge of a very dangerous cliff. And it's all down to the instability ...

General Physics Jul 17, 2024

Powerful new particle accelerator a step closer with muon-marshaling technology

New experimental results show particles called muons can be corralled into beams suitable for high-energy collisions, paving the way for new physics.

General Physics Jul 11, 2024

Theoretical physicists find Higgs boson does not seem to contain any harbingers of new physics

The Higgs boson was discovered in the detectors of the Large Hadron Collider a dozen or so years ago. It has proved to be a particle so difficult to produce and observe that, despite the passage of time, its properties are ...

Astronomy Jul 11, 2024

Q&A: Researcher discusses how gravitational waves hint at dark matter and Big Bang mysteries

Gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein almost a century ago, were detected for the first time in 2015. A new study led by Yanou Cui, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University ...