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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.
Lithium is an essential ingredient for batteries in electric vehicles but getting enough will become a problem.
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.
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.
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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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