An international research team has for the first time combined data from heavy-ion experiments, gravitational wave measurements and other astronomical observations using advanced theoretical modeling to more precisely constrain ...
General Physics
Jun 8, 2022
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Scientists studying particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have revealed how certain particle-jets lose energy as they traverse the unique form of nuclear matter created in these collisions. The ...
Plasma Physics
Jun 8, 2022
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Scientists have found a new way to "see" inside the simplest atomic nuclei to better understand the "glue" that holds the building blocks of matter together. The results, just published in Physical Review Letters, come from ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 24, 2022
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In the early stages of the Universe, quarks and gluons were quickly confined to protons and neutrons which went on to form atoms. With particle accelerators reaching increasingly higher energy levels the opportunity to study ...
Plasma Physics
Aug 6, 2021
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Scientists studying particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory—have ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 29, 2021
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Today, the LHCb experiment at CERN is presenting a new discovery at the European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP). The new particle discovered by LHCb, labeled as Tcc+, is a tetraquark—an exotic ...
General Physics
Jul 29, 2021
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A study by UCLA scientists raises a concern about the makeup of some of the fertilizer being used on crops, gardens and landscaping. A portion of the fertilizer used in the U.S. and around the world comes from a source you ...
Environment
May 27, 2021
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Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have discovered that one of the most important reactions in the universe can get a huge and unexpected boost inside exploding stars known as supernovae.
General Physics
Dec 2, 2020
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For a gargantuan nuclear physics experiment that will generate big data at unprecedented rates—called A Large Ion Collider Experiment, or ALICE—the University of Tennessee has worked with the Department of Energy's Oak ...
General Physics
Apr 30, 2020
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In response to worldwide concern over the adverse effects of chemical substances on human health and the environment, most developed countries have legally restricted the use of dyes containing heavy metals or carcinogenic ...
Materials Science
Sep 23, 2019
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