Particle Physics
Physicists just discovered the rarest particle decay ever
The “golden channel” decay of subatomic particles called kaons could break or confirm the standard model of particle physics.
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The “golden channel” decay of subatomic particles called kaons could break or confirm the standard model of particle physics.
Physicist and engineer Bhavin Shastri is working to create the first photonic computer modeled after the human brain.
Like a steampunk fantasy-world, which pairs high-tech with an old-timey setting, Nicole Yunger Halpern melds old and new science.
The Stanford biophysicist thinks that understanding the mechanics of cell movement could allow scientists to manipulate immune cells.
Theoretical physicist Tracy Slatyer proposes new scenarios for dark matter and helped discover the Fermi bubbles.
Cosmological data suggest unexpected masses for neutrinos, including the possibility of zero or negative mass.
Top quarks and antiquarks produced in the Large Hadron Collider are entangled, a study shows.
Flybys of primordial black holes may occur once a decade. Tweaks to the orbits of planets and GPS satellites could give away their presence.
The corrected calculation had an error rate about a tenth of one done without quantum error correction.
Worker exposure to vinyl chloride became tightly regulated after the chemical was linked with liver cancer. Now, its use may be on the chopping block.
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