For a few years, one of particle physics’ most unsettling numbers seemed to be pointing somewhere strange. The trouble ...

(via PBS Space Time) The mystery of what happens when we go from a superposition to a definite state is known as the Measurement Problem, and it’s arguably the most mysterious outstanding problem in ...

A new calculation helps narrow down the mass of the W boson, one of the heaviest fundamental particles in the universe ...

A special class of sensors leverages quantum properties to measure tiny signals at levels that would be impossible using ...

CERN’s calculation of the W boson’s mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the possibility of new physics. Particle’s surprise mass threatens to upend the standard ...

Electrons are really, really round. A new measurement confirms the subatomic particle’s spherical shape to a record level of exactness, physicists report in the July 7 Science. That near-perfect ...

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