Tag: particles
Neglecton Particles Could Be Key to More Stable Quantum Computers
A Forgotten Math Idea Could Supercharge Quantum Computers Scientists have revived an ignored area of math to envision a path toward stable quantum computing By Ananya Palivela edited by Clara Moskowitz & Lee Billings Aaron Lauda has been exploring an area of mathematics that most physicists have seen little use for, wondering if it might…
Miniature Neutrino Detector Catches Elusive Particles at Nuclear Reactor
Miniature Neutrino Detector Promises to Test the Laws of Physics A relatively small detector caught neutrinos from a nuclear reactor using a technique known as coherent scattering By Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazine A nuclear power plant in Liebstadt, Switzerland, hosted the CONUS+ neutrino detector. Physicists have caught neutrinos from a nuclear reactor using a…
The Large Hadron Collider Discovers Antimatter Behaving Oddly in New Class of Particles
Mysterious Antimatter Physics Discovered at the Large Hadron Collider The LHCb experiment has observed a new difference between matter and antimatter in particles called baryons By Clara Moskowitz edited by Lee Billings Baryon particle illustration. Matter and antimatter are like mirror opposites: they are the same in every respect except for their electric charge. Well,…