Particle physics: Facts, news, features and articles about the elementary particles that make up our universe
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Heavy atom spills its guts in decade-long experimentA new experiment on ultra-rare astatine could open the door to cancer treatments and new research into super-heavy atoms.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Rare quadruplet 'top quarks' created at world's largest atom smasherThe world's largest atom smasher has "given birth" to a set of four ultraheavy particles — called top quarks.
By Diane Lincoln Published
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Why a physicist wants to build a particle collider on the moonA physicist proposes that the moon is a great place to build a particle collider and conduct high-energy physics experiments.
By Paul Sutter Published
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Strange ice formations may have tricked physicists into seeing mysterious particles that weren't thereWhat if one of the strangest, most unsettling findings in particle physics turned out to be an illusion? A new study suggest a simple physical explanation for a mysterious event.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Oddball sexaquark particles could be immortal, if they exist at allThese supremely stable particles could explain dark matter.
By Paul Sutter Published
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Mysterious 'Particle X17' Could Carry a Newfound Fifth Force of Nature, But Most Experts Are SkepticalIt would rewrite the Standard Model of physics.
By Mara Johnson-Groh Published
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Is a New Particle Changing the Fate of the Universe?A brand-new particle has possibly emerged and is altering the future destiny of our entire cosmos, a physicist says.
By Paul Sutter Published
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A Strange New Higgs Particle May Have Stolen the Antimatter from Our UniversePhysicists have proposed that a trio of particles called Higgs bosons could be responsible for the mysterious vanishing act of antimatter in the universe.
By Paul Sutter Published
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A Rail Gun the Size of Manhattan Could Reveal the Secrets of the Higgs BosonA giant linear collider the size of Manhattan could finally help us find new physics, scientists argue.
By Paul Sutter Published
