Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, low-cost particle detector that tracks muons, invisible particles that ...

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An analysis of several experiments aimed at detecting the mysterious neutrino has identified a hint of a crack in the ...

Exotic hypothetical particles known as axions could potentially be produced inside a nuclear reactor, something The Big Bang ...

Physicists are exploring whether hidden dimensions and the shape of space could help explain why fundamental particles have ...

New results from the MicroBooNE experiment rule out the existence of a sterile neutrino, reshaping how scientists think about ...

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Discover how continuous particle flux measurements are paving the way for energy solutions in India's digital landscape.

The Large Hadron Collider is going to be shut down — not permanently, but for a pretty long time — and the famous atom ...

Cosmic rays, which are ultra-high energy particles originating from all over the Universe, strike protons in the upper atmosphere and produce showers of new particles. The fast-moving charged ...