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Heaviest antimatter particle ever discovered could hold secrets to our universe’s origins

Heaviest antimatter particle ever discovered could hold secrets to our universe’s origins

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Dr. Sarah Adams

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Mining for Neutrinos, and for Cosmic Answers

Mining for Neutrinos, and for Cosmic Answers

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Dr. Sarah Adams

LEAD, S.D. — Every morning, two dozen miners and engineers pack into a cage-like elevator for an 11-minute descent into the bowels ...

Dark matter may be hiding in the Large Hadron Collider’s particle jets

Dark matter may be hiding in the Large Hadron Collider’s particle jets

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A new search for dark matter has turned up empty handed — but, in a silver lining, the effort provided important limits ...

World’s smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the Large Hadron Collider — and it works

World’s smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the Large Hadron Collider — and it works

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Scientists recently fired up the world’s smallest particle accelerator for the first time. The tiny technological triumph, which is around the size ...