Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe’s Origins
In the very first moments of the universe, matter didn’t exist as we know today. A millionth of…
Cosmic plasma was supposed to rule out dark photons. Simulations say otherwise
A major limit on dark photon dark matter may be far weaker because early-universe plasma stops absorbing energy…
CERN physicists recreate matter from the early universe using ‘Little Big Bangs’
Physicists created signs of primordial quark-gluon plasma by colliding oxygen and neon nuclei, much smaller nuclei than traditionally…
Physicists Think They’ve Discovered a New Type of Quantum Matter
Quantum mechanics is all about explaining the weirdest, most unlikely aspects of our reality, including oddities we might…
CERN, where scientists smash particles at nearly the speed of light, has a 2-metre Shiva Nataraja statue outside; why India gifted the cosmic dancer to the physics lab in 2004
Lord Shiva Statue Unveiled (CERN official) For those who don’t know, CERN is Conseil Européen pour la Recherche…
CERN Experiment Finds Gluons Behaving Strangely Deep Inside Atomic Nuclei
The ALICE experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. Credit: CERN ALICE measurements suggest that gluons inside nuclei begin…
Inside the Experimental Traps Scientists Set for Ghostly Neutrinos
Seventy years ago, the physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines took a custom-built 10-ton detector, surrounded it with…
US scientists place strongest limit on muon’s hidden electric signal
Can a particle hide a secret in the tiniest of wobbles? A new analysis hints at this possibility.…
ETH Zurich researchers detect a possible fifth force of nature
Precision measurements of calcium atoms revealed an unexpected pattern that cannot be explained by the simplest atomic physics…
10,000 particles break action-reaction law to stay in constant motion
Researchers in Japan have unveiled how thousands of microscopic particles can spontaneously pair up, move, and reorganize themselves…