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General Physics Mar 26, 2024

First observation of photons-to-taus in proton–proton collisions

In March 2024, the CMS collaboration announced the observation of two photons creating two tau leptons in proton–proton collisions. It is the first time that this process has been seen in proton–proton collisions, which ...

General Physics Mar 26, 2024

Testing begins on sensitive neutrino detector for nonproliferation and fundamental physics

Neutrinos and antineutrinos are nearly massless particles produced in many nuclear reactions, including the fission of uranium in nuclear power plants on Earth and the fusion reactions at the core of the sun.

General Physics Mar 21, 2024

Team proposes using AI to reconstruct particle paths leading to new physics

Particles colliding in accelerators produce numerous cascades of secondary particles. The electronics processing the signals avalanching in from the detectors then have a fraction of a second in which to assess whether an ...

General Physics Mar 20, 2024

Study clarifies a key question in particle physics about muon's magnetic moment

Magnetic moment is an intrinsic property of a particle with spin, arising from interaction between the particle and a magnet or other object with a magnetic field. Like mass and electric charge, magnetic moment is one of ...

Astronomy Mar 11, 2024

More precise understanding of dark energy achieved using AI

A UCL-led research team has used artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to infer the influence and properties of dark energy more precisely from a map of dark and visible matter in the universe covering the last 7 billion ...

General Physics Mar 4, 2024

Researchers develop electron beam accelerator to sterilize medical equipment

During the manufacturing process, many medical devices or equipment for use on humans must be sterilized according to recognized standards. This includes gowns, surgical drapes, syringes and implantable medical devices. In ...

General Physics Mar 4, 2024

LHCb observes a new decay mode of the charmed beauty meson

The LHCb collaboration recently reported on the arXiv preprint server the first observation of the decay of the Bc+ meson (composed of two heavy quarks, b and c) into a J/ψ charm-anticharm quark bound state and a pair of ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 15, 2024

Researchers use electron beams to eradicate forever chemicals in water

Using nonstick cookware to fry your bacon and eggs can make your life easier at that moment, but scientists believe there may be long-term consequences because the chemicals used to make it nonstick are so difficult to destroy. ...

General Physics Feb 12, 2024

Scientists expand search for new particles at the Large Hadron Collider

Since the 1960s, scientists have discovered more than a dozen fundamental particles. They all have fit perfectly into the theoretical framework known as the Standard Model, the best description physicists have of the subatomic ...

General Physics Feb 1, 2024

Excavation of colossal caverns for Fermilab's DUNE experiment completed

Excavation workers have finished carving out the future home of the gigantic particle detectors for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. Located a mile below the surface, the three colossal caverns are ...

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