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Large Hadron Collider could be generating dark matter in its particle jets
A new search for dark matter has turned up empty handed — but, in a silver lining, the effort provided…
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Dark matter may be hiding in the Large Hadron Collider’s particle jets
A new search for dark matter has turned up empty handed — but, in a silver lining, the effort provided…
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Earth slammed by ultra-powerful ‘goddess particle’ cosmic ray, and we have no idea where it came from
When powerful cosmic rays hit gas molecules in Earth’s atmosphere they create a cascade of energetic particles that are detected…
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High-energy ‘sun goddess’ particle opens possibilities for new physics, exciting scientists
Over the years, scientists have managed to unveil the existence of quite a view intriguing particles, pushing the entire field…
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World’s smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the LHC
Scientists recently fired up the world’s smallest particle accelerator for the first time. The tiny technological triumph, which is around…
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Tiniest particle accelerator is so small it could fit into a pen tip
A side view of the tiny particle accelerator Tomáš Chlouba, Roy Shiloh, Stefanie Kraus, et al. A particle accelerator just…
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An alternative way to picture the standard model of particle physics
The standard model of particle physics is often illustrated as a simple grid showing the 17 basic particles (shown above).…
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Particle Physicists Dream of a Muon Collider
Particle physicists are unlikely evangelists, but in papers, at conferences and with T-shirts, stickers and memes, many of them are…
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Muons are still behaving oddly, which could break particle physics
Fermilab’s Muon g-2 experiment is adding to evidence that the standard model is incomplete Ryan Postel/Fermilab The standard model of…
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Bizarre ‘demon’ particle found inside superconductor could help unlock a ‘holy grail’ of physics
An elusive “demon” particle has been observed inside a superconductor nearly 70 years after it was first predicted. Its discovery…
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