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Particle Physics

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Quark matter in neutron stars
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Quark matter in neutron stars

Inside the neutron stars is the 'noodle nucleus' - an unusual state of matter, consisting of subatomic particles called quarks.

Evidence of the Higgs boson at Fermilab
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Evidence of the Higgs boson at Fermilab

Physicists working on the HyperCP topic at Fermilab (USA) have just confirmed that they can both have initial results on the Higgs boson - the kind of elementary particl…

There is a solution for neutrinos
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There is a solution for neutrinos

Physicists confirm that neutrinos - the type of subatomic particles that are considered to play a fundamental role in the creation of the universe - have mass. This is t…

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The world's largest neutrino observatory
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The world's largest neutrino observatory

This observatory, IceCube, was built from a giant block of ice in the southern tip of Antarctica, to detect neutrinos - a type of particle that is thought to be mystical…

Neutrino helps explain antimatter?
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Neutrino helps explain antimatter?

The neutrinos produced in a nuclear reactor in China can change their flavor faster than normal. This result raises the hope that physicists will soon explain why the un…