New Technique for Understanding the Nature of Neutrinos Demonstrates an Important Technological Milestone

The Science Newswise — The nature of the neutrino’s mass is no small matter. It is directly connected with major questions in nuclear physics, particle physics, cosmology, and the origins of matter in the…

Discovery of ‘Mini Halo’ Points to How the Early Universe Was Formed

Newswise — Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles — a ‘mini halo’ —  surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters ever observed, marking a major step…

2025 Annual RHIC & AGS Users’ Meeting Celebrates Past and Looks to the Future

Newswise — Nuclear physicists, theorists, students, and others gathered for the 2025 RHIC & AGS Users’ Meeting at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory May 20-23 to…

Polarized Target a Perfect Fit for Measuring Spinning Particles

BYLINE: Chris Patrick Newswise — In this International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, physicists worldwide are celebrating a century since the establishment of quantum mechanics. The celebration has brought to…

MIT Researchers Use Frontier to Model the Density, Pressure Inside Neutron Stars

Newswise — For astrophysicists, neutron stars stand out as objects of irresistible fascination — perhaps, in part, because of how difficult they are to decipher. But calculations conducted on the…

Physicists Measure Muon Particle’s Model-Defying Wiggle

Newswise — Particle physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have released the third and final measurements of a mysterious “wobbling” of a subatomic particle called…

Muon G-2 Announces Most Precise Measurement of the Magnetic Anomaly of the Muon

BYLINE: Madeleine O’Keefe Newswise — Scientists working on the Muon g-2 experiment, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, have released their third and final measurement…

Rare Isotopes Shed Light on the Size of a Neutrino Wavepacket

The Science Newswise — Neutrinos are among the most abundant yet least understood particles in the universe. Now, nuclear scientists have measured the tiny energy of lithium atoms recoiling from the emission of…

FSU Researchers Share in Breakthrough Prize in Physics for Work at CERN

Newswise — Five Florida State University physicists are part of the international team awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for work done at the European Organization for Nuclear Research…

AI Is for Accelerators | Newswise

BYLINE: Tamara Dietrich Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – One of the things that makes the main particle accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility…