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New evidence for the Majorana fermion, a particle that's its own antiparticle

Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)

But in 1937, another brilliant physicist, Ettore Majorana, introduced a new twist: He predicted that in the class of particles known as fermions, which includes...

Spiral arms allow school children to weigh black holes

Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)

Given that black holes emit no discernible light, they have traditionally been studied via highly technical observations of the stars and gas orbiting around th...

Evidence of the Higgs particle's decay in quarks

Jul 20, 2017 (SPX)

The researchers analyzed data sets that were recorded in 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Col...

Scientists reveal new connections between small particles and the vast universe

Jul 20, 2017 (SPX)

On the other hand, elementary particles are the smallest object that physicists study. A particle physics Standard Model (SM) was established 50 years ago, desc...

Quantum mechanical particles travel backwards, study confirms

Jul 18, 2017 (UPI)

Until now, scientists had only observed the counterintuitive movement among "free" quantum particles -- particles free from any active forces. In the newest exp...

NASA listens in as electrons whistle while they work

Jul 18, 2017 (SPX)

Just as waves roll across the ocean or storm fronts move through the atmosphere, disturbances in space, can cause waves. These waves occur as fluctuating electr...

Scientists create first laboratory generation of astrophysical shock waves

Jul 18, 2017 (SPX)

Now a team of scientists has generated the first high-energy shock waves in a laboratory setting, opening the door to new understanding of these mysterious proc...

Spontaneous system follows rules of equilibrium

Jul 18, 2017 (SPX)

Now an international team with members from opposite sides of the world has discovered evidence that a neat framework for non-equilibrium systems just might exi...

Water makes the proton shake

Jul 18, 2017 (SPX)

In biology, the gradient of proton concentration across cell membranes is the mechanism driving the respiration and energy storage of cells. Even after decades ...

Coupling a nano-trumpet with a quantum dot enables precise position determination

Jul 18, 2017 (SPX)

Conversely, the oscillation of the nanowire can be influenced by excitation of the quantum dot with a laser. Nature Communications published the results. Profes...

Simulating splash at the microscopic level

Jul 14, 2017 (SPX)

To tackle this, researchers from the United States and the United Kingdom investigated the basic physics of droplet impingement both experimentally and computat...

The wave nature of light in super-slow motion

Jul 14, 2017 (SPX)

The results are of fundamental relevance to understanding the interactions between light and matter and will make it possible to control electron movements and ...

Smart atomic cloud solves Heisenberg's observation problem

Jul 14, 2017 (SPX)

Our lives are packed with sensors gathering all sorts of information - and some of the sensors are integrated in our cell phones which e.g. enables us to measur...

China teleports quantum information to space, a first

Jul 11, 2017 (UPI)

The quantum information was sent from a ground station in China to the Micius satellite in space, orbiting 746 miles above Earth's surface. Micius was launched ...

Neutrons detect elusive Higgs amplitude mode in quantum material

Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)

The Higgs amplitude mode is a condensed matter cousin of the Higgs boson, the storied quantum particle theorized in the 1960s and proven experimentally in 2012....

A future without fakes thanks to quantum technology

Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)

Every year, imports of counterfeited and pirated goods around the world cost nearly US $0.5 trillion in lost revenue. Counterfeit medicines alone cost the indus...

Into the quantum world with a tennis racket

Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)

The motion of a tennis racket in the air can help predict the behavior of quanta. "Using an analogy from classical physics aids us in more efficiently designing...

Scientists get first direct look at how electrons 'dance' with vibrating atoms

Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)

The vibrations are called phonons, and the electron-phonon coupling the researchers measured was 10 times stronger than theory had predicted - making it strong ...

Shocking case of indigestion in supermassive black hole

Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)

Once every couple of hundred million years, the small galaxy NGC 5195 falls into the outer arms of its larger companion, NGC 5194, also known as the Whirlpool g...

LHCb tests yield new particle with a pair of heavy quarks

Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)

Physicists discovered the new particle during LHCb tests at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The new particle was spotted among the chaos of collisions between b-h...