Subatomic Particles: Tracking Matter's Alluring Trails Behind Various Particle Detectors in History

Medicine & Technology Aug 06, 2021

WIth the advancements of studies in particle physics, it is just as free to celebrate several of the revolutionary particle detectors that allowed us to see the undetectable matters.

Miniature Particle Accelerator Powers Free-Electron Laser, Opening Possibilities for Smaller, Cheaper FEL Setups

Aug 01, 2021

The prototype for a scaled down miniature particle accelerator successfully powered a free-electron laser, opening up avenues for new methods to analyze atoms, molecules, and condensed matter.

Generating Antimatter by High-Intensity Lasers Possible by Producing Plasma-Level Energy Similar to Neutron Star

Jul 26, 2021

A new simulation performed by prestigeous institutes are able to create plasma-level energy, similar to a neutron star, that could produce laboratory-made antimatter.

Physicists Discover Charm Mesons Oscillation Between Particle and Antiparticle State, Opens Discovery of Particles Outside the Standard Model

Jun 14, 2021

A team of physicists discovers the capability of subatomic particle charm mesons to oscillate between particle and antiparticle state. The findings could open research for other particles outside the Standard Model and may answer questions about antimatter.

Dark Matter Origin Still a Mystery: Is It More Than a Cosmic Anomaly?

May 31, 2021

Dark Matters are just one of the few cosmic questions we still face up to this day. Experts believe that the revelation to the dark matter particles might mean more than we expect.

CERN Scientists Discover Four New Elementary Particles

Mar 15, 2021

Scientists at CERN have announced finding four new elementary particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

CERN Discovery Offers Insight About the Antimatter - Matter Discrepancy

Dec 27, 2020

One of the lingering mysteries in physics is the supposed equal amounts of matter and antimatter in the universe - and a new experiment at CERN might explain why it isn't so.

Research on a Grand Scale: Over 5,000 Scientists Come Together for Record-Breaking Publication

May 16, 2015

If only the world were as unified as the field of particle physics, what a grand world it would be... Over 5,000 of them have come together in what is the largest scientific collaboration on record. Their paper, which was published on May 14th in Physical Review Letters, is a joint effort between members from ATLAS and CMS, two teams that operate detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of our universe.

Large Hadron Collider Could Prove the Existence of Star Trek's Parallel Universe

Mar 27, 2015

Every science fiction fan is familiar with the notion of parallel universes with the Star Trek series being one of the first to popularize the notion. However, thanks to the Large Hadron Collider, we may soon have proof that a parallel universe does, in fact, exist.