Amid the many mysteries of quantum physics, subatomic particles don't always follow the rules of the physical world. They can exist in two places at once, pass through solid barriers and even ...
A mysterious glow of gamma rays at the center of the Milky Way has long hinted at dark matter, but the lack of similar ...
Theoretical physicists have proposed the existence of a new type of particle that doesn’t fit into the conventional classifications of fermions and bosons. Their “paraparticle,” described in Nature in ...
A new type of radiofrequency trap can capture particles with extremely different requirements and could theoretically hold ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence. She ...
When fundamental particles are heavier or lighter than expected, physicists' understanding of the universe can tip into the ...
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