Scientists closer to explaining why matter persists over antimatter
New results show a difference in the way neutrinos and antineutrinos behave, which could help explain why there is so much matter in the universe.
New results show a difference in the way neutrinos and antineutrinos behave, which could help explain why there is so much matter in the universe.
General Physics
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While much about Alzheimer's disease remains a mystery, scientists do know that part of the disease's progression involves a normal protein called tau, aggregating to form ropelike inclusions within brain cells that eventually ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 6, 2017
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Using advanced imaging technology, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered a hitherto invisible inscription on the back of a pottery shard that has been on display at The Israel Museum for more than 50 years.
Archaeology
Jun 14, 2017
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A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Rowland Institute at Harvard University have used a specialized nanoprobe developed by the Harvard/Rowland investigators to directly measure levels of ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 14, 2016
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At a gala ceremony held in Silicon Valley on November 8, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), the Kamioka Liquid-scintillator Antineutrino Detector (KamLAND), and the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment (Daya Bay) were ...
General Physics
Nov 9, 2015
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For over eight decades, the neutrino—one of the most abundant yet elusive particles in the Universe, has been giving physicists the runaround, forever shape-shifting just out of reach.
General Physics
Oct 6, 2015
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The Standard Model of particle physics, which explains most of the known behaviors and interactions of fundamental subatomic particles, has held up remarkably well over several decades. This far-reaching theory does have ...
General Physics
Aug 27, 2015
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Scientists on the NOvA experiment saw their first evidence of oscillating neutrinos, confirming that the extraordinary detector built for the project not only functions as planned but is also making great progress toward ...
General Physics
Aug 7, 2015
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The OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus) experiment at the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) at Gran Sasso in Italy has detected the fifth occurrence of a tau neutrino in the muon-neutrino ...
General Physics
Jun 16, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Two teams of researchers have now offered their findings regarding the estimates of the flavor of neutrinos that were detected by the The IceCube Neutrino Observatory (TINO) two years ago. The first group, a ...