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Janet Conrad, Seeker of Neutrinos and Other Curiosities
...accounted for in the Standard Model of particle physics. They would point a way forward for theoretical physics in the 21st century. And as a bonus, they may even account...
Squishy or Solid? A Neutron Star’s Insides Open to Debate
...edge of modern physics. A centimeter or two of normal atoms — iron and silicon, mostly — encrusts the surface like the shiny red veneer on the universe’s densest Gobstopper....
Scientists Unveil New Inventory of Universe’s Dark Contents
...— dark energy and dark matter — are mental place holders for unknown physics. “Dark energy” refers to whatever is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate, as astronomers...
Neutrinos Hint of Matter-Antimatter Rift
An early sign that neutrinos behave differently than antineutrinos suggests an answer to one of the biggest questions in physics. As neutrinos and antineutrinos change flavors they may illuminate the...
The Physicist Decoding the Nonbinary Nature of the Subatomic World
...many of their peers. Many discoveries in physics flow from theory to experiment. Albert Einstein theorized that mass bends the fabric of space-time, and then Arthur Eddington observed the effects...
Tadashi Tokieda’s Special Kind of Magic
...the world in a toy. Tadashi sees in toys, — just like children’s toys, little playthings — the whole universe that’s in there, the principles of physics. He is a...
Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the Universe
...no understanding,” as Richard Feynman described it. Paul Dirac considered the origin of the number “the most fundamental unsolved problem of physics.” Numerically, the fine-structure constant, denoted by the Greek...
Toward a Grand Unified Theory of Snowflakes
Snow crystals come in two main types. The “pope” of snowflake physics has a new theory that explains why. Kenneth Libbrecht is that rare person who, in the middle of...
Major Quantum Computing Strategy Suffers Serious Setbacks
...Nature in April. Yet despite this problem, even the field’s critics find the science too promising to ignore. “The physics behind the creation of Majoranas is well understood theoretically,” said...