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What Is the Higgs Boson?
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What Is the Higgs Boson?

The Higgs boson is the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, a field that fills space and is central to how elementary particles acquire mass in the Standard Model.

September 11, 2026
Why symmetry is an attractive feature
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Why symmetry is an attractive feature

For people, faces are an important source of social information. A feature of the face that is quickly noticed is the attraction. Studies have emphasized gender symmetry…

December 18, 2018
Revealing the mystery of the structure of diamonds
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Revealing the mystery of the structure of diamonds

Diamonds are bright and sparkling, but their beauty ultimately ends up in a unique crystal structure, a guessing mathematician. Toshikazu Sunada, from Meiji University i…

December 18, 2018
New explanation of the origin of dark matter
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New explanation of the origin of dark matter

Scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg Mainz University (JGU), Germany, propose a new theory of the formation of dark matter right after the universe was born.

December 17, 2018
Maths football match
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Maths football match

Some mathematicians are inclined to name research work by football players to attract public interest in this basic science.

December 15, 2018
His face lost his balance with age
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His face lost his balance with age

By examining the faces of 191 volunteers using a 3-dimensional digital system, scientists determined that when people get older, their faces become increasingly unbalanc…

December 15, 2018