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Beyond Higgs: on Supersymmetry (or Lack Thereof)
With the search for the Higgs boson, the last missing piece of the Standard Model of particle physics, apparently...
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Physics Community Afire With Rumors of Higgs Boson Discovery
One of the biggest debuts in the science world could happen in a matter of weeks: The Higgs boson...
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Potential Cracks in the Standard Model of Particle Physics
Recently analyzed data from the BaBar experiment may suggest possible flaws in the Standard Model of particle physics, the...
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Quantum Mechanical Properties of Light Flout Classical Physics
With simple arguments, researchers show that nature is complicated! Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have made a simple...
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Exotic Particle More Mundane Than Thought
Sometimes, finding nothing is just as good as finding something. Physicists have made the most sensitive measurements yet in...
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Atom Split With Quantum Mechanics, Then Put Together Again
Forget clumsy nuclear fission: researchers have now split an atom into two halves, pulled them apart and put them...
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Quantum Computers to Model Particle Collisions
Quantum computers are still years away, but a trio of theorists has already figured out at least one talent...
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Cosmic Calculations: Astrophysicists Explore Where Stars Are Born
A University of Delaware-led research team reports an advance in the journal Science that may help astrophysicists more accurately...
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The Faster-Than-Light Telegraph That Wasn’t
In 1981 physicist Nick Herbert leveraged strange features of quantum mechanics to design a superluminal communication system. The quest...
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Unusual Quantum Effect Discovered in Photosynthesis
Quantum physics and plant biology seem like two branches of science that could not be more different, but surprisingly...