Newswise — Scientists are closing the door on one explanation for a neutrino mystery that has plagued them for decades. An international collaboration of scientists working on the MicroBooNE experiment at the U.S. Department…
Category: Physics
Can Quantum Computers Help US Learn About the Inside a Neutron Star?
Newswise — A new paper in Nature Communications could put scientists on the path to understanding one of the wildest, hottest, and most densely packed places in the universe: a…
Argonne Postdoctoral Researcher Zhiwan Xu Receives Prestigious 2025 Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics
Newswise — Zhiwan Xu, a postdoctoral researcher at Argonne, was honored with the award for her innovative work on quantum chromodynamics and the quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter that…
Watching Gold Change Structure at Extreme Pressures
Newswise — The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth’s atmosphere. As a result of that intense pressure, materials can adopt unexpected structures…
Here’s how Rudolph’s light-up nose might be possible
This time of year, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is a nearly inescapable earworm. Rudolph, the old song goes, is bullied for having a nose so bright it glows (like a…
NASA’s Roman Could Bring New Waves of Information on Galaxy’s Stars
Newswise — A team of researchers has confirmed stars ring loud and clear in a “key” that will harmonize well with the science goals and capabilities of NASA’s upcoming Nancy…
Celeritas Code Sets Fast Pace for Particle Physics Discoveries
Newswise — High energy physicists run on a treadmill that keeps speeding up. Their collider experiments smash particles at dazzling speeds and energies. Detectors identify and track the multitudes of…
Deepfakes and AI in the Courtroom: Report Calls for Legal Reforms to Address a Troubling Trend
From cell phone footage to bodycam and surveillance clips, U.S. courtrooms are awash with video these days, with more than 80% of court cases hinging to some degree on video…
Toward Understanding the Emergence of Hadron Mass
Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA — Deep in the heart of matter, some numbers don’t add up. For example, while protons and neutrons are made of quarks, nature’s fundamental building blocks bound…
Supercomputer simulates quantum chip in unprecedented detail
A coalition of researchers used almost all of the Perlmutter supercomputer’s 7,168 NVIDIA GPUs over a period of 24 hours to capture the structure and function of a multi-layered chip.…
