Author: Emily Conover / Source: Science News CONSTANT QUANTIFED A team of physicists, including Weicheng Zhong of the University of California, Berkeley (pictured) has performed the most precise measurement yet of the fine-structure constant, which governs...
Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News A HEATED RESPONSE Probing 2-D materials with high-energy particle beams reveals how these superthin films perform when the heat is on. High-energy particle beams can reveal how 2-D thin sheets behave when the heat...
Author: Lisa Grossman / Source: Science News HIT THE GAS Jets from supermassive black holes, like the one shown in this artist’s illustration, could be ultimately responsible for three different types of enigmatic high-energy particles. It’s three for the...
Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News for Students The Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest of the Egyptian pyramids and the last remaining ancient wonder of the world, contains a large, previously undiscovered void, researchers now report. Particles...
Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News SEEING THROUGH STONE High-tech particle detectors have revealed a never-before-seen empty space within the Great Pyramid of Giza. High-energy particles from outer space have helped uncover an enigmatic void deep...
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