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SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsQuecto, Ronna: Meet the Newest Metric PrefixesScientists convened in Versailles to determine new terms for the biggest and smallest measurements.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 21, 2022Comments (16)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsAstrophysicists Just Made a New Count of All the Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the UniverseAn analysis has produced the most precise summation to date of the universe’s dark energy and dark matter contents.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 19, 2022Comments (8)
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SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsScientists Studying Spooky Particles Win Nobel Prize in PhysicsThree physicists have won the award for their work in understanding quantum entanglement.ByKevin HurlerPublishedOctober 4, 2022Comments (2)
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SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsPhysicists Devised a Way to See Elusive ‘Unruh Effect’ in the LabA predicted cousin of Hawking radiation may be coming to a tabletop near you.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 19, 2022Comments (11)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsA Super-Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Just Booted UpPhysicists are stoked about the possibilities of LUX-ZEPLIN, an underground experiment in South Dakota.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 7, 2022Comments (9)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsLarge Hadron Collider Physicists Discover Three New Exotic ParticlesA pentaquark and two tetraquarks are the latest subatomic particles observed by the LHCb Collaboration.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 5, 2022Comments (13)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysics10 Years After the Higgs Boson, What's the Next Big Thing for Physics?We asked physicists to predict the discoveries that will blow our minds in the coming years.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 2, 2022Comments (8)
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