Why is there more matter than antimatter in the universe? The reason might be hidden in the neutrino nature: one of the preferred theoretical models assumes, that these elementary particles were identical with their own anti-particles. ...
General Physics
Apr 6, 2017
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Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) have calculated that the meson f0(1710) could be a very special particle – the long-sought-after glueball, a particle composed of pure force.
General Physics
Oct 13, 2015
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Can the passage of time be measured precisely, always and everywhere? The answer will upset many watchmakers. A team of physicists from the universities of Warsaw and Nottingham have just shown that when we are dealing with ...
General Physics
Oct 7, 2015
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University of Washington physicists are part of a team that made a step forward in their efforts to pin down the mass of a neutrino, an elusive subatomic particle that played a role in the formation of the universe.
General Physics
Apr 29, 2015
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Today, at the 50th Moriond Electroweak conference (link) (La Thuile, Italy), LHCb physicists presented their latest analysis of the rare B → K*μμ decay. The new results show deviations from Standard Model calculations.
General Physics
Mar 23, 2015
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(Phys.org) —The weak force is, for laymen, the least known of the quartet of interactions that run the universe as we know it.
General Physics
Jan 9, 2014
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After a quarter of a century of searching, physicists have discovered a rare particle decay that gives them an indirect way to test models of new physics.
General Physics
Jul 19, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers may have discovered a new method to predict solar flares more than a day before they occur, providing advance warning to help protect satellites, power grids and astronauts from potentially dangerous ...
Space Exploration
Aug 13, 2012
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Physicists Andrea Pocar and Krishna Kumar of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, part of an international research team, recently reported results of an experiment conducted at the Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO), located ...
General Physics
Jul 19, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- In a recently published paper, the LHCb Collaboration has reported on a possible deviation from the Standard Model. Theorists are now working to calculate precisely this effect and to evaluate the implications ...
General Physics
May 28, 2012
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