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Milestone on the way to creating antihydrogen in Mainz: new dual-frequency Paul trap tested
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (688+ words) A new type of radiofrequency trap can capture particles with extremely different requirements and could theoretically hold both types of particles at the same time. Researchers in the group of Professor Dmitry Budker from the PRISMA++ Cluster of Excellence and…...
Quantum Existentialism
54+ min ago (524+ words) Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. He is also the co-founder of and a senior adviser to the Berggruen Institute. Since human participation in the construction of reality is perspectival, there are necessarily blind spots beyond that perception....
Scientists trap ions and electrons to make antihydrogen outside CERN
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (516+ words) The new system captures both light electrons and heavy calcium ions. Researchers in Germany have moved closer to synthesizing antihydrogen after successfully confining heavy calcium ions and lightweight electrons within the same trap, despite their vastly different requirements. The team,…...
We might finally know the size of a proton
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (378+ words) April 10, 2026 Noah Conway Technology 0 A vacuum chamber used to measure electron transitions in atomic hydrogen, from which the size of the proton was derived We finally determined the size of the proton. More than 15 years after the experiment unexpectedly rocked…...
The 18th-Century Jesuit Priest Who Sketched Quantum Theory Two Centuries Early
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (932+ words) Home " Features " Pieces Before Einstein, before Bohr, there was a Jesuit priest with a telescope and a startlingly modern vision of the universe. In the 18th century, the scientific world was drunk on Newtonian certainty. The universe was a clockwork mechanism,…...
" The "q-desic" equation, a mathematical bridge between quantum and gravitation
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (30+ words) The lack of convergence between quantum laws and gravitation remains a persistent problem in physics. A recent advance, .. . " The "q-desic" equation, a mathematical bridge between quantum and gravitation...
Physicists resolve a long-standing puzzle over the size of a proton
9+ hour, 39+ min ago (407+ words) Two extremely precise experiments agree with a previously shocking measurement of just how big the proton is, which may help future searches for new particles A vacuum chamber used to measure electron transitions in atomic hydrogen, from which the proton's…...
AI Turns an "Impossible" Higgs Measurement into Reality with Impact from CERN to Industry
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (363+ words) UCL | University College London AI Turns an "Impossible" Higgs Measurement into Reality with Impact from CERN to Industry " Read about the impact our Ph D Students have had on CERN and the industry Ph D students in the Centre for…...
CERN Transported Antimatter on the Road for the First Time
23+ hour, 30+ min ago (588+ words) Home " Science " Physics Did someone order a serving of antimatter? For the first time, scientists have transported antimatter by road. Researchers from CERN's BASE collaboration loaded 92 antiprotons into a portable trap, disconnected it from the antimatter factory, and drove it…...