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The muon’s magnetic moment exposes a huge hole in the Standard Model – unless it doesn’t
Alex Keshavarzi digs into the showdown between two competing Standard Model predictions of the muon, which may reveal undiscovered particles hiding in the vacuum ...
Quantum effects make distant objects move together: New research finds this may happen with ripples in space
Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But while it's true ...
Lévy walk patterns identified in nuclear particle collisions
Called the Lévy walk (or in some cases the Lévy flight) after mathematician Paul Lévy, it is a type of random wandering that ...
Can adults learn to develop absolute pitch? Our research challenges a longstanding myth
Our research adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that absolute pitch remains a learnable skill in adulthood – many ...
A Deep-Sea Telescope Just Detected the Most Energetic Ghost Particle Ever
PeV — has been detected by the underwater KM3NeT telescope, marking a pivotal moment in astrophysics. This tiny but powerful ...
"Even lifting a pencil will feel like a workout...': Why gravity will make Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore’s Earth return a struggle
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are returning to Earth on March 19, 2025 after over eight months aboard the ...