High energy proton collisions can be pictured as a roiling sea of quarks and gluons, including short lived virtual particles. At first glance, this ...

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A Michigan State University researcher has helped lead a groundbreaking collaboration that could bring scientists closer to understanding how the universe came to be. For the first time, two of the ...

A green spectacle. With protective eyewear, ISTA PHD student Andrea Stöllner takes a glimpse into the experimental chamber (in the foreground) where two laser beams trap a single particle. One ...

The LPGA's qualifying tour has teamed up with Trackman for an all new, all virtual competition for women. Women's golf is going digital and not in the TGL way—but sort of. This week the LPGA Tour's ...

For decades, scientists have known that neutrinos—often called “ghost particles” for their near-massless, almost undetectable nature—defy easy explanation. Trillions of them stream through your body ...

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