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Inside the Knotty World of ‘Anyon’ Particles
A new class of quantum particle is about to emerge from the tangled considerations of quantum statistics. [No Caption] I. Prior to the emergence of quantum mechanics, fundamental physics was...
How the Hidden Higgs Could Reveal Our Universe’s Dark Sector
...particle physics. But it’s possible that the LHC has been producing such pivotal new particles all along, and that we’re just not seeing them. “The core of the story,” said...
‘Quantum Atmospheres’ May Reveal Secrets of Matter
...a ceramic-like insulator. Topological insulators have drawn attention for their unusual physics as well as for their potential use in quantum computers and so-called spintronic devices, which utilize electrons’ spins...
Real-Life Schrödinger’s Cats Probe the Boundary of the Quantum World
...same, these exotic objects are worth heeding, because they show with unprecedented clarity that quantum mechanics is not just the physics of the extremely small. “Schrödinger’s kittens,” loosely speaking, are...
High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last
...in a particular direction, like a quantum-size magnet. The late Philip Anderson, an American Nobel laureate and all-around legend in condensed matter physics, put forth a theory just months after...
Why Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces
...these possibilities remain conjectural and incompletely understood. A working quantum theory of gravity is perhaps the loftiest goal in physics today. What is it that makes gravity unique? What’s different...
Neutrinos Suggest Solution to Mystery of Universe’s Existence
...Model of particle physics, every particle has a mirror-image particle that carries the opposite electrical charge — an antimatter particle. When matter and antimatter particles collide, they annihilate in a...
Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing
...battery — but all he has access to is empty space. Fortunately, his friend Alice has a fully equipped physics lab in a far-off location. Alice measures the field in...
Evidence Found for a New Fundamental Particle
...neutrino physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the MiniBooNE collaboration. The existence of a sterile neutrino would revolutionize physics from the smallest to the largest...