Physical Sciences

CERN Physicists Observe Nonzero Mass Difference between Charm Meson and Its Antiparticle

Sci-News.com: Physicists from the LHCb Collaboration at CERN have proved that a subatomic particle called the charm meson can switch into its antiparticle and back again. Using data collected…

The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve

Quanta Magazine: Over the past century, quantum field theory has proved to be the single most sweeping and successful physical theory ever invented. It is an umbrella term that encompasses many specific quantum field theories — the way “shape” covers specific…

Weird nearby gamma-ray burst defies expectations

Space.com: A team of scientists has gotten their best look yet at a gamma-ray burst, the most dramatic type of explosion in the universe. Astronomers think some of these explosions occur when a massive star — five or 10 times…

From a light bulb solar system to the cosmological constant: a journey to becoming a cosmologist

Physics World: Luz Ángela García is an astrophysicist who dreams of cracking the ultimate cosmological conundrum : why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at…