“Ghost” neutrinos offer a new avenue for studying protons
by Members of the international MINERvA collaboration, including researchers from the University of Rochester, used a particle accelerator at Fermilab — part of which is shown …
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Against all odds, the Australian radioactive capsule has been found
Authorities in Western Australia say they have found the radioactive capsule that went missing last week somewhere near Perth. The finding of the capsule was …
The lost interview with Big Bang’s father reveals a fascinating conversation
In 1931, a Belgian cosmologist named Georges Lemaître shocked the world of astronomy. Perhaps, he reasoned in a provocative paper, our massive cosmic expanse began …
The RF spectrometer sees inside | Hackaday
Spectrometry is a known technique or, more correctly, a set of techniques. We usually think of it as analyzing light to determine what chemicals produce …
Physicists discover a new approach to solving the bizarre mystery of dark energy
Physicists have proposed a new interpretation of dark energy. It might shed some light on the interconnectedness of quantum field theory and general relativity as …
Could the Earth be flat? Why Science Says No
In fact, for the planet to have a flat shape, gravity would probably have no effect at all. This is because if gravity existed, it …
This physicist says electrons spin in quantum physics after all. Here’s why: ScienceAlert
“Spin” is a fundamental quality of fundamental particles such as the electron, conjuring images of a tiny sphere spinning rapidly on its axis, like a …
Ripples in space-time may reveal when time actually began: ScienceAlert
Propagation of gravitational waves through matter could reveal the ripples in spacetime generated by the Big Bang. Two plasma physicists have used the propagation of …
The dark matter particle could finally shed light on the cosmic mystery
A new model of dark matter suggests a new candidate for the constituent particles of this mysterious form of matter, which could mean it is …
“This is the kind of life I want” | MIT news
Growing up in Idaho, Catherine Ji found herself with plenty of time to write. “Idaho is a great environment for writing because it’s isolated and …