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A blazar accelerates protons (the yellow p) to the energy levels of cosmic rays, initiating a complex quantum cascade that also releases gamma rays (magenta) and neutrinos (blue), which follow straight paths through space. The coupled detection of these two particles enabled astronomers to identify the blazar as a source of cosmic rays.

'Ghost particles' can zoom through you without a trace. Scientists are getting to the bottom of this cosmic mystery

By Robert Lea published

Scientists are searching for answers in the cosmic mystery of ghost particles known as neutrinos.

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Virtual particles: How physicists' clever bookkeeping trick could underlie reality

By Dipangkar Dutta published

A physicist explains the idea of virtual particles and why they are important to study.

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What is the weak nuclear force and why is it important?

By Paul Sutter published

The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

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What is quantum entanglement? The physics of 'spooky action at a distance' explained

By Jesse Emspak, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference Quantum entanglement is one seriously long-distance relationship.

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A new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is set to discover thousands of never-before-seen isotopes.

How do particle colliders work?

By Paul Sutter published

As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing them into tiny targets.

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Quantum scheme protects videos from prying eyes and tampering

By S. S. Iyengar, Yashas Hariprasad published

Today's encryption works well, until tomorrow's quantum computers arrive.

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A look inside the Large Hadron Collider full of different scientific instruments

New discovery at CERN could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter

By William Barter published

A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates over its opposite, antimatter.

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Why scientists are so excited about the highest-energy 'ghost particle' ever seen

By Keith Cooper published

Scientists have found a neutrino that could come from a gamma-ray burst, an active black hole or a collision between a cosmic ray and photons in the cosmic microwave background.

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An illustration of the colliding galaxies of MACS J0018.5 with the dark matter (blue) racing past normal matter (orange).

How 2024 brought us deeper into the world of particle physics

By Keith Cooper published

Dark matter, antimatter, W bosons and neutron lifetimes all feature in our top 10 stories.

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The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever

By Victoria Atkinson published

Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the far side reveal. 1

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