Tiny magnetic "flowers" engineered by physicist Anna Palau are redefining how we manipulate magnetic fields. These ...

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very ...

A theoretical physicist at the University of Waterloo played a key role in a breakthrough experiment. The University of ...

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BEIJING -- The High Energy Photon Source, China's flagship synchrotron radiation facility, has officially launched its joint ...

Guido Barbiellini Amidei, who passed away on 15 November 2024, made fundamental contributions to both particle physics and ...

Highly charged heavy ions form a very suitable experimental field for investigating quantum electrodynamics (QED), the ...

Through the weak nuclear force, one quark flavor can transmute into another. However, current data and theory indicate that ...

The standard model of particle physics represents the most comprehensive theory about fundamental or subatomic particles and forces in the universe. The model describes how matter and antimatter ...

Physicists have used a cutting-edge quantum computer to simulate a complex particle theory in two dimensions. Unlike ...

In theory, as Earth spins through its magnetic field, any conductive material placed on its surface should experience a force ...