Tag: Particle Physics
Conducting decay spectroscopy experiments at TRIUMF
An overview of the decay spectroscopy experiments being carried out by scientists led by Professor Corina Andreoiu from the Department of Chemistry at Simon...
Scientists revolutionise the nuclear magnetic resonance method
Researchers from the University of Vienna have revolutionised the nuclear magnetic resonance method to monitor fast and complicated biomolecular events, such as protein folding.
A...
The Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility: The high-intensity frontier
The Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility is set to be a source of unprecedented fluxes of neutrons and radioactive nuclides.
High-intensity neutron beams and large...
Analysing the computational complexities of CERN’s ALICE experiment
Professor Dr Udo Kebschull and Professor Dr Volker Lindenstruth, from Goethe-University and the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, discuss the multifaceted technical requirements of...
The DUNE experiment intends to unlock the mysteries of the neutrino
Stefan Söldner-Rembold, Co-spokesperson for Fermilab’s Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), explores the groundbreaking discoveries that the experiment is set to enable.
The U.S. Department of...
Inside the upgraded ALICE nuclear physics experiment at CERN
Marielle Chartier, Professor of Physics at the University of Liverpool and member of the ALICE collaboration, explains how a fundamental perspective on the nuclei...
Creating efficient and high-speed spintronic devices
A research team has successfully created efficient and high-speed spintronic devices to look at spin dynamics inside rare earth materials, using a tabletop ultrafast...
The Large Hadron Collider to resume after a maintenance break
Researchers at CERN announced on 22 April 2022 that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has restarted after a three-year break for maintenance, consolidation, and...
Determining top-quark mass with unparalleled precision
The CMS Experiment at CERN has successfully measured the mass of the top-quark with greater precision than ever before.
In order to understand the world...
Using neutrino detectors to study interactions inside the nucleus
Understanding what goes on inside a nucleus is critical to making precision measurements of neutrino properties but, by using neutrino detectors, researchers at the...
Producing highly sensitive quantum magnetometers
The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) has developed quantum magnetometers based on diamonds.
The quantum magnetometers, developed by the Fraunhofer IAF by...
A novel cosmic ray sensor can successfully observe tsunami waves
Researchers from the University of Tokyo use muon particle technology to observe and detect tsunami waves.
Highly energetic particles called muons are ever present in...
The EIC: tremendous potential for particle accelerator technology
Physicist Dr Daria Sokhan discusses how the UK will be at the forefront of development for the EIC particle accelerator in the US.
Physicists from...
CDF collaboration researchers achieve precise measurement of W boson mass
Scientists at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) have attained the most precise measurement yet of the mass of the W boson.
After a decade...
The LHCb reveals how antimatter is created in cosmic collisions
LHCb researchers analyse particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to determine whether antimatter that is detected by experiments in space could originate from dark matter.
The...
How nanomagnets self-align in specific layouts due to temperature change
Researchers at PSI have utilised nanomagnets to analyse their behaviour under certain temperature changes, to allow a better understanding of processes that take place within...
Scavenger nanoparticles could make fuel cell-powered vehicles a reality
A collaborative group of engineers have created a material that prevents inexpensive catalysts from degrading in cell-powered vehicles.
A collaborative team, including engineers at the...
Observing top-quark-photon production for the first time
Researchers with CERN’s ATLAS collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider have achieved the first observation of electroweak top-quark–photon production.
The top quark is incredibly unique;...
Analysing long-lived particles could explain mysteries of the Universe
Physicists participating in the ATLAS experiment are on the hunt for new, long-lived particles that could help to explain several outstanding mysteries of the...
Researchers receive grant to revolutionise spintronic devices
A research team from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (TUK) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), to develop...