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Positive muons accelerated, ‘tamed’ for the first time using controlled beam
Scientists at J-PARC have successfully accelerated muons for the first time, overcoming their short lifespan and erratic ...
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Update: China builds huge underground transparent sphere to trap "ghost particles"
GHOST PARTICLES Neutrinos, the smallest and lightest among the 12 elementary particles that make up the material world, are electrically neutral and travel at a speed close to that of light. Since the ...
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New giant particle collider 'right option for science': next CERN chief
The next head of Europe's CERN physics laboratory said Thursday that he favoured moving forward with plans for a giant ...
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Smog sickness: India's capital struggles as pollution surges
The toxic smog season in India's capital has just begun, but those unable to escape cancer-causing poisonous fumes say the ...
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From buckyballs to biological membranes: ISIS celebrates 40 years of neutron science
As ISIS – the UK’s muon and neutron source – turns 40, Rosie de Laune and colleagues from ISIS explore the past, present and future of neutron scattering ...
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Positive muons accelerated, ‘tamed’ for the first time using controlled beam
Scientists have been trying to accelerate muons for decades, but these elusive fundamental ... positive muons, the particles moved at four percent the speed of light (~12 million meter/second ...
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Will we ever have quantum laptops?
Quantum computers are here. But could we ever build a quantum laptop?