If the electron’s charge wasn’t perfectly round, it could reveal the existence of hidden particles. A new measurement approaches perfection.
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Richard Feynman’s path integral is both a powerful prediction machine and a philosophy about how the world is. But physicists are still struggling to figure out how to use it, and what it means.
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In neutron stars, astrophysicists see a form of matter like none other.
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The quest to detect neutrinos has physicists—and society—asking hard questions.
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