July 19, 2023• Physics 16, 113 The first observation of neutrinos produced in a particle collider opens up a new field of study and offers ways to test the limitations of the standard model. Google Earth, images (c)2023 Maxar Technologies, map data (c)2023; CERN; adapted by APS/Alan Stonebraker Figure 1: The Forward Search Experiment (FASER) … Read more
On July 19, 1973, the Gargamelle bubble chamber at CERN revealed the existence of weak neutral currents and put the nascent Standard Model of particle physics on solid ground Half a century ago, a series of tiny traces in a bubble chamber at CERN changed the course of particle physics. The observation of weak neutral … Read more
Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer’s highly anticipated film, to be released July 21, 2023, depicts J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. But while the Manhattan Project wouldn’t have been possible without the work of many expert female scientists, the only women seen in the film’s trailer are hanging out the … Read more
Scientists have discovered that natural photosynthesis has characteristics similar to condensed exciton, a frictionless energy state that typically requires extremely low temperatures. This insight can improve the design of the technology, potentially doubling energy efficiency. The UChicago researchers hope that exciton condensation islands could pave the way for new discoveries. Inside a laboratory, scientists marvel … Read more
Liesbeth MC Janssen Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands July 10, 2023• Physics 16, 114 A concept in condensed matter physics called jamming provides a possible prognostic tool for cancer. Figure 1: Gottheil and colleagues present a state diagram linking tumor cell morphology to their motility [1]. Cell nuclei are … Read more
In addition to observing specific objects such as galaxies and distant planets here in our solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope is also used to perform large-scale surveys of parts of the sky. These surveys look at large swathes of the sky to identify important targets such as very distant and very ancient galaxies, … Read more
When you turn on a lamp to light up a room, you’re experiencing light energy transmitted as photons, which are small, discrete quantum packets of energy. These photons have to obey the sometimes strange laws of quantum mechanics, which, for example, dictate that photons are indivisible, but at the same time allow a photon to … Read more
