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What Is Particle Physics?
Particle physics studies the fundamental constituents of matter and radiation, the forces that act between them, and the high-energy processes that reveal how nature wor…
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CERN's large particle accelerator detects 3 new subatomic particles
CERN's large particle accelerator is the machine that found the Higgs boson, a particle thought to have played an important role in the formation of the universe after t…
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Scientists have finally discovered the mystery of dark matter in the universe
Scientists have found a particle, which could be the source of dark matter in the universe.
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Earth absorbs 'ghost particles' that carry high energy
Some high-energy neutrinos are absorbed when passing through the Earth.
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Atoms are 7 times smaller than we have ever known
In 2010, a group of scientists found a difference in the method of traditional proton measurement when they performed a new measurement technique on an atom called deute…
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Scientific breakthrough: Find the mysterious source of ghost particles after a century of detection
Neutrinos are subatomic particles with almost no electrical charge, so it rarely interacts with the surrounding environment.
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Discover the origin of the mysterious cosmic rays
The secrets hidden in cosmic rays have confounded scientists for the past 50 years, and this new research will be the first solid foundation to understand their origins.
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The 2015 Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to research subatomic particles
After the Nobel Prize for medicine, the Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to two Japanese and Canadian scientists.
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Large accelerator detects five new particles
The world's largest particle accelerator (LHC) detects five new subatomic particles that may help explain how the atomic center binds together.
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Berkeley Lab's particle accelerator set a new record
By using a laser to bombard hot plasma in a desktop-plasma laser accelerator, the scientists created accelerated energy to 4.25 giga-electron volts (GeV).
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Detect subatomic particles compatible with Higg particles
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on July 4 that it has detected a new subatomic particle
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Developed the most powerful quantum-engineering device
Physicists in the United States have announced the development of a simulator that will allow them to observe the behavior of subatomic particles that current computers…