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Weird quantum experiment shows protons have more 'charm' than we thought
By Stephanie Pappas last updated
Protons can contain a charm quark, an elementary particle 1.5 times heavier than the proton itself.
Why Physicists Are Interested in the Mysterious Quirks of the Heftiest Quark
By Paul Sutter last updated
The top quark is about 100 trillion times heavier than the up quark. But why?
Strange quark star may have formed from a lucky cosmic merger
By Paul Sutter last updated
A team of physicists has found that the remnant of a neutron star merger observed in 2019 has just the right mass to be a strange hypothetical quark star.
Quarks: What are they?
By Keith Cooper published
Reference Quarks are elementary particles that are the building blocks of all visible matter in the universe. Explore them in more detail here.
Atoms: What are they and how do they build the elements?
By Keith Cooper published
Reference Atoms are the basis of all the elements in the universe, the building blocks of all visible matter, and the secret to nuclear power.
Nobel Prize in Physics goes to scientists who paved the way for quantum computing
By Tereza Pultarova published
Three scientists who laid the groundwork for the understanding of the odd "entangling" behavior of quantum particles have received the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Can stringy physics rescue the universe from a catastrophic transformation?
By Paul Sutter published
A new understanding inspired by string theory shows that our universe may be more stable than we previously thought.
What is the Standard Model?
By Keith Cooper last updated
Reference The Standard Model of Physics is the theory of particles, fields and the fundamental forces that govern them.
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