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As neutrinos change “flavors” they may illuminate the differences between matter and antimatter.
particle physics

Neutrinos Hint of Matter-Antimatter Rift

By Natalie Wolchover
July 28, 2016
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A hint that neutrinos behave differently than antineutrinos suggests an answer to one the biggest questions in physics.

Q&A

An Explorer of Quantum Borderlands

By Maggie McKee
June 9, 2016
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Suchitra Sebastian’s searches for quantum anomalies have led to the potential discovery of a new building block of matter.

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quantum physics

New Support for Alternative Quantum View

By Dan Falk
May 16, 2016
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An experiment claims to have invalidated a decades-old criticism against pilot-wave theory, an alternative formulation of quantum mechanics that eliminates the most baffling features of the subatomic universe.

Inside this chamber, silica spheres probe for hidden extra dimensions, distortions of gravity, and dark-matter particles. | Peter DaSilva for Quanta Magazine
experimental physics

Tiny Tests Seek the Universe’s Big Mysteries

By Joshua Sokol
May 3, 2016
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The search for exotic new physical phenomena is being led by huge experiments like the Large Hadron Collider. But at the other end of the spectrum lie tabletop experiments — small-scale probes of hidden dimensions, dark matter and dark energy.

condensed matter physics

The Quantum Secret to Superconductivity

By Natalie Wolchover
February 22, 2016
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In a virtuoso experiment, physicists have revealed details of a “quantum critical point” that underlies high-temperature superconductivity.

Q&A

Searching the Sky for the Wobbles of Gravity

By Liz Kruesi
October 22, 2015
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The physicist Gabriela González is on the cusp of finding the first direct evidence of gravitational waves — soundlike wobbles in space-time produced by black holes and their kin.

Physics

Dark Energy Tested on a Tabletop

By Maggie McKee
March 31, 2015
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Is dark energy a cosmic chameleon that can fade into its surroundings? A recent test brings the mysterious anti-gravitational force down to earth.

Boucing droplet
quantum physics

Fluid Tests Hint at Concrete Quantum Reality

By Natalie Wolchover
June 24, 2014
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Surprising oil drop experiments suggest that the quantum world may not be as strange as advertised.

Physics

Search Escalates for Key to Why Matter Exists

By Natalie Wolchover
October 15, 2013
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Physicists have completed a new round of searches for the answer to why matter dominates over antimatter. But the radioactive decay that would solve the puzzle is evading them.


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