Tag Archives: Particles

Our sun can seem deceptively peaceful from Earth, but only because we have the luxury of living 150 million kilometers away. Up close, it’s a nuclear-fuelled carnival ride of terror, launching countless tiny particles at speed far into interplanetary space. “The Sun is the most energetic particle accelerator in the Solar System,” writes a team of researchers behind a study …

Chemists at MIT have discovered a way to fortify iodine salt with iron, resulting in a product that, if made widely available, could combat one of the world’s most prevalent nutrient deficiencies. A bout 2 billion people suffer from iron deficiency, which can lead to anemia, impaired brain development in children, and increased infant mortality. The richest sources are all …

Mathematicians have found a way to transform an unproductive quantum computing approach by reviving a class of previously discarded particles. Quantum computers can solve problems beyond the capabilities of classical computers by using principles like superposition. This means a quantum bit, or qubit, can represent both 0 and 1 simultaneously, similar to the famous thought experiment of a cat being …

For about 15 years, a powerful radio telescope on planet Earth dutifully recorded data about a location in the cosmos billions of light-years away from us — and, at last, astronomers managed to stitch together those extensive observations to reveal a full picture of what this telescope has been looking at. It’s … the Eye of Sauron! Well, sort of. …

Scientists have found new evidence that a massive comet trail may have caused climate upheaval on Earth more than 12,000 years ago. Tiny particles detected in ocean sediment cores suggest that dust from a large, disintegrating comet entered Earth’s atmosphere around the beginning of the Younger Dryas event, a period of abrupt cooling that caused temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere …

After 50 Years, a Neutrino Detector Finally Catches Elusive Ghost Particles  SciTechDaily Direct observation of coherent elastic antineutrino–nucleus scattering  Nature Miniature Neutrino Detector Promises to Test the Laws of Physics  Scientific American New method for detecting neutrinos  EurekAlert! Scientists Succeed In Capturing Elusive “Ghost Particles” Escaping Nuclear Reactor  IFLScience Source link

The Universe’s Most Elusive Particles Might Be Talking to Themselves  SciTechDaily Source link