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Theory Thesis Wins APS Dissertation Award
Newswise· 3 days agoNEWPORT NEWS -- When Zhite Yu began writing his doctoral thesis in January 2023, he had a nagging feeling he wasn’t properly explaining his work. Yu...
60% of Materials Follow the “Rule of Four,” but Scientists Don’t Know Why
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoScientists are normally happy to find regularities and correlations in their data – but only if they...
A first glimpse at our galaxy's magnetic field in 3D
Phys.org· 2 days agoThe space between stars is dirty. It is filled with small dust grains, most of which are similar in size with the smoke from a cigarette. The grains are not spherical and as a result their long ...
Peter Higgs’ famous particle discovery is now at the heart of strategies to unlock the secrets of...
The Conversation· 6 days agoA giant of particle physics, Peter Wade Higgs, passed away at his home in Edinburgh on April 8 2024, having lived to 94 years. When Higgs was born in 1929, our understanding of matter was completely ...
Materials follow the 'Rule of Four,' but scientists don't know why yet
Phys.org· 7 days agoScientists are normally happy to find regularities and correlations in their data—but only if they can explain them. Otherwise, they worry that those patterns might just be revealing some flaw in the data itself, so-called experimental artifacts.