For those still holding out hope that antimatter levitates rather than falls in a gravitational field, like normal matter, the results of a new experiment are a dose of cold reality.
General Physics
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Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2016
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A groundbreaking body of work led by Monash University physicists has opened a new pathway for understanding the universe's fundamental physics.
General Physics
Feb 26, 2024
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Seven months after its scientists made a landmark discovery that may explain the mysteries of mass, Europe's top physics lab will take a break from smashing invisible particles to recharge for the next leap into the unknown.
General Physics
Feb 13, 2013
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The Higgs boson, the fundamental subatomic particle associated with the Higgs field, was first discovered in 2012 as part of the ATLAS and CMS experiments, both of which analyze data collected at CERN's Large Hadron Collider ...
Teaching is more than just assembling a series of best practices that are expected to lead students to perfect standardized test scores.
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2016
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The hunt is on for leptoquarks, particles beyond the limits of the standard model of particle physics —the best description we have so far of the physics that governs the forces of the Universe and its particles. These ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 10, 2021
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Researchers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the dawn of the universe, and found that it is 'eating' its host galaxy to death.
Astronomy
Jan 17, 2024
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(Phys.org) —A supernova has been spotted in the constellation Ursa Major (between the Big and Little Dipper in the night sky) in the M82 galaxy (affectionately known as the cigar galaxy) by a team of students at University ...
A new estimation of the strength of the magnetic field around the muon—a sub-atomic particle similar to, but heavier than, an electron—closes the gap between theory and experimental measurements, bringing it in line with ...
General Physics
Apr 7, 2021
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