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Particle X could be the biggest physics breakthrough in decades
"This is by far the most exciting thing that has happened in particle physics over the last three d…
Meghan Bartels
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An astronomer at Japan's space agency is making simple animations that reveal the surprising physics of the solar system
As a scientist at both NASA and JAXA, James O'Donoghue has studied the planets. In his free time, h…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An inflatable Christmas costume may have spread coronavirus particles at a California hospital, potentially infecting at least 51 employees
Hospital officials are looking into whether the costume's fan circulated infectious particles acros…
Aria Bendix
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Big, beautiful photos of insane physics experiments chasing the 'ghost particle' around the world
Neutrinos are produced when radioactive elements decay. They gush out of the sun, other stars, and …
Ali Sundermier
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A second 'Big Bang' could end our universe in an instant - and it's all because of a tiny particle that controls the laws of physics
It's nothing to worry about yet. They settled on a date 10139 years from now - or 10 million trilli…
Jeremy Berke
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Physicists made a superconductor that works at room temperature. It could one day give rise to high-speed floating trains.
The superconductor only works at pressures roughly equal to those in the Earth's core, but it shows…
Susie Neilson
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NASA patented a faster, cheaper route to the moon. The first spacecraft to use it could make Nobel Prize-winning discoveries about the universe.
NASA's patenting a new route to lunar orbit assures that the path will remain open to any spacecraf…
Dave Mosher
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Coughing into your elbow may not stop viral particles from spreading. Wear a mask or use a tissue instead.
The common wisdom of covering a sneeze or cough with an elbow could spread infectious particles. Ex…
Gabby Landsverk
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WE'VE FOUND THE GOD PARTICLE
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AP
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A Columbia scientist's 'new and powerful weapon' against the coronavirus destroys particles using UV light without harming people
Scientists recently discovered a way to safely harness the pathogen-killing power of ultraviolet li…
Aria Bendix
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Here's how Bill Clinton 'lost' our leadership in particle physics
"I regret not exploring the politics of that more, because, for me, that's interesting," Tyson admi…
Jethro Nededog
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Astronauts on the International Space Station are helping to forge a bizarre form of matter that does not exist in nature
Atoms chilled to supercool temperatures form a fifth state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condens…
Aylin Woodward
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European physics lab developing basic COVID-19 ventilator
"We want to deploy our resources and competences to contribute to the fight against the COVID-19 pa…
PTI
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Flushing the toilet could create a 3-foot vortex of airborne coronavirus poop particles, a new study shows
Lower the lid — flushing a toilet could spew poop particles carrying the coronavirus up to 3 feet i…
Holly Secon
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Scientists just discovered a completely new particle inside the world's most powerful physics lab
The researchers are part of a larger collaboration called the LHCb project, which uses one of the L…
Jessica Orwig
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The WHO says masks shouldn't be worn during intense physical activity, contradicting other advice
The World Health Organization updated its mask-wearing guidelines, including controversial advice n…
Anna Medaris Miller
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The Inventor Of The Higgs Boson Hates That We Call It 'The God Particle'
The particle, or a version of it, was discovered last spring, and the finding has been confirmed by…
Jennifer Welsh
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An explosion 4 billion light years from Earth released more energy than the Sun can generate in its entire lifespan
Four billion light years away from Earth, there was an explosion so big that it generated more en…
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The US is building its first new particle collider in decades on Long Island. Stephen Hawking called the technology a 'time machine.'
Scientists already know that protons are made up of even tinier particles called quarks, which are …
Aria Bendix,Aria Bendix
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Morgan Freeman Visited The Large Hadron Collider - Where They Found The God Particle
Freeman visited the LHC before hosting the Fundamental Physics Prize ceremony in Geneva, where the …