4+ hour, 7+ min ago  (774+ words) Researchers have measured the mass of the W boson, a fundamental particle that carries the weak force responsible for radioactive decay, with unprecedented precision, confirming long-standing theoretical predictions. The result restores confidence in a key part of modern physics and…...

12+ hour, 27+ min ago  (371+ words) A new calculation helps narrow down the mass of the W boson, one of the heaviest fundamental particles in the universe By Clara Moskowitz edited by Dan Vergano The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Physicists…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago  (531+ words) An experiment in Germany offers the first evidence of a long-predicted pairing between a nucleus of carbon-11 and " meson (eta prime meson), shedding light on how the strongest force in nature helps generate mass. Sekiya et al. found evidence for…...

12+ hour, 5+ min ago  (688+ words) A new type of radiofrequency trap can capture particles with extremely different requirements and could theoretically hold both types of particles at the same time. Researchers in the group of Professor Dmitry Budker from the PRISMA++ Cluster of Excellence and…...

11+ hour, 42+ min ago  (524+ words) Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. He is also the co-founder of and a senior adviser to the Berggruen Institute. Since human participation in the construction of reality is perspectival, there are necessarily blind spots beyond that perception....

13+ hour, 15+ min ago  (516+ words) The new system captures both light electrons and heavy calcium ions. Researchers in Germany have moved closer to synthesizing antihydrogen after successfully confining heavy calcium ions and lightweight electrons within the same trap, despite their vastly different requirements. The team,…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago  (378+ words) April 10, 2026 Noah Conway Technology 0 A vacuum chamber used to measure electron transitions in atomic hydrogen, from which the size of the proton was derived We finally determined the size of the proton. More than 15 years after the experiment unexpectedly rocked…...

15+ hour, 44+ min ago  (932+ words) Home " Features " Pieces Before Einstein, before Bohr, there was a Jesuit priest with a telescope and a startlingly modern vision of the universe. In the 18th century, the scientific world was drunk on Newtonian certainty. The universe was a clockwork mechanism,…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (30+ words) The lack of convergence between quantum laws and gravitation remains a persistent problem in physics. A recent advance, .. . " The "q-desic" equation, a mathematical bridge between quantum and gravitation...

20+ hour, 27+ min ago  (407+ words) Two extremely precise experiments agree with a previously shocking measurement of just how big the proton is, which may help future searches for new particles A vacuum chamber used to measure electron transitions in atomic hydrogen, from which the proton's…...