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In Quantum Physics, Everything Is Relative

Carlo Rovelli’s Helgoland explores the world of the smallest particles and asks what makes them unique.

The New York Times

The Subatomic Keys to the Universe

Surprising new data from the Muon g-2 experiment are turning the classical model on its head.

Scientific American

The Future of High-Energy Physics

After Higgs, what's left to be discovered in particle physics?

Science Node

Finding From Particle Research Could Break Known Laws of Physics

It’s not the next Higgs boson — yet. But the best explanation, physicists say, involves forms of matter and energy not currently known to science.

The New York Times

Evidence of Brand New Physics at CERN? Why We’re Cautiously Optimistic About Our New Findings

If the finding really is the result of new fundamental particles then it will finally be the breakthrough that physicists have been yearning for for decades.

The Conversation

Meet the Swirlon, a New Kind of Matter That Bends the Laws of Physics

Researchers discover a new state of active matter.

Live Science

Scientists Have Proposed a New Particle That Is a Portal to a 5th Dimension

The path to dark matter and other fundamental enigmas may be through a warped extra dimension, according to a new study that proposes a new theory of the universe.

VICE

What Is a Particle?

It has been thought of as many things: a pointlike object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality. But never has physicists’ conception of a particle changed more than it is changing now.

Quanta Magazine

Cosmic Bubbles May Have Forged Dark Matter, New Theory Suggests

New theory suggests cosmic bubbles during the birth of our universe are responsible for creating dark matter.

Live Science

Black Holes Could Become Massive Particle Accelerators

Physicists suggest harnessing the gravitational pull of black holes to create ferocious particle accelerators. The trick? Carefully set everything up so the particles don’t get lost forever.

Live Science

How Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics

Renormalization has become perhaps the single most important advance in theoretical physics in 50 years.

Quanta Magazine

One of Quantum Physics’ Greatest Paradoxes May Have Lost Its Leading Explanation

Underground experiment undermines gravity as the cause of quantum collapse.

Science

Quantum Tunneling Is Not Instantaneous, Physicists Show

A new experiment tracks the transit time of particles burrowing through barriers, revealing previously unknown details of a deeply counterintuitive phenomenon.

Scientific American

Is Causality Fundamental?

Untangling how the human perception of cause-and-effect might arise from quantum physics, may help us understand the limits and potential of AI.

FQXi

Seeking Dark Matter, They Detected Another Mystery

Do signals from beneath an Italian mountain herald a revolution in physics?

The New York Times

Why the Big Bang Produced Something Rather Than Nothing

How did matter gain the edge over antimatter in the early universe? Maybe, just maybe, neutrinos.

The New York Times

Does Consciousness Pervade the Universe?

Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about “panpsychism.”

Scientific American

Loose Ends: String Theory and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Join leading minds in theoretical physics for a whirlwind ride through the twists and turns of string theory — its past, its future, and what it tells us about the search for the universe’s final theory.

World Science Festival

Scientists Detail Mechanism Behind Gamma-Ray Bursts

Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind gamma-ray bursts, intense flashes of high-energy radiation originating from space.

UPI

What a Lack of Unexplained Gory Deaths Tells Us About Dark Matter

A dark-matter particle of a certain size range would cause an injury like an exotic gunshot wound if it hit a human being. Fortunately, that’s apparently not the size these particles come in.

Emerging Technology from the arXiv, MIT Technology Review

Casting a Wide Net

In their quest to discover physics beyond the Standard Model, physicists weigh the pros and cons of different search strategies.

Symmetry