particle physics

Laser cooling traps more antimatter atoms than ever before

Laser cooling traps more antimatter atoms than ever before

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Researchers have captured more antimatter atoms faster than ever before – a potentially transformative step in unlocking the mysteries of ...

No space, no time, no particles: Vlatko Vedral’s radical vision of quantum reality

No space, no time, no particles: Vlatko Vedral’s radical vision of quantum reality

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Many have pinpointed the birth of quantum mechanics to the small, treeless island of Helgoland, where a young Werner Heisenberg ...

The 30-year fight over how many numbers we need to describe reality

The 30-year fight over how many numbers we need to describe reality

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It all started one summer lunchtime in 1992 on the terrace outside the CERN cafeteria. If you had happened to ...

Physicists are uncovering when nature’s strongest force falters

Physicists are uncovering when nature’s strongest force falters

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STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY We're getting closer to understanding when the strong nuclear ...