Oxygen collisions show evidence of jet quenching, a signature of early-universe matter

New results from the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) provide strong evidence that smashing ...
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Oxygen Collisions Quench Jets' Energy at RHIC

New results from the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider provide strong evidence that smashing oxygen nuclei together at nearly the speed of light generates a quark-gluon plasma ...

D-form factors of nucleons and pions - How to distinguish between meson mixing and mass mechanisms

When there are multiple models that yield values close to a single observable or calculated quantity, that agreement alone is ...

Thinking about the inside of a proton by comparing it with other particles - Different mechanisms hidden in the same prediction

Protons and neutrons are made of quarks and the gluons that bind them together. To understand their interior, we want to ...

Your Halloween candy is falling victim to a ghoulish shriek-flation

The shrink-flation — or “shriek-flation,” in honor of spooky season — that’s already come for fast food and soda is also ...
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The Moon Is Shrinking, and Scientists Say That Could Be a Problem for NASA

Researchers identified more than 10,000 lunar faults, raising concerns about moonquakes, landslides, and the safety of future ...