Calorimetric experiment achieves tightest bound on electron neutrino mass

In a Physical Review Letters study, the HOLMES collaboration has achieved the most stringent upper bound on the effective ...

List of SI Units and Symbols

Every measurement we make, be it for length, time, temperature, or electric current, needs a standard unit so that results ...
Brown University

Q&A: Brown physicist on the Higgs boson and whether it might change the fate of the universe

Scientists from around the world are at Brown to discuss what is known, and what needs to be learned, about the long-sought particle discovered a decade ago.

Experimental proof of long-suspected atomic decay pathway adds new detail to 'nuclear periodic table'

For the first time, a research team from the University of Cologne has observed the electron capture decay of technetium-98, ...
Nanowerk

Scientists decipher crucial mechanism behind new quasiparticle in rare earth material

Researchers uncovered a crucial mechanism that reveals how electrons and atoms interact to create a new quasiparticle and ...

How the physics of baseball could help Kevin Gausman and the Blue Jays win the World Series

There are few sports more exciting than playoff baseball, but behind every pitch there is also a fascinating story of physics ...
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Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest

Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a ...
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Full list of POLAC courses and subject combinations you'll need

Explore POLAC courses and their subject combinations for admission, preparing students for a five-year program leading to a ...

I was skeptical, but a few minutes with this laser-power tape measure and I'm hooked

Take tape measures, once a palm-sized object that housed a metal ribbon that could snap back enthusiastically -- has been transformed into a palm-sized device with with a laser inside. Yup, the ...