Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light and is thus impossible to detect using conventional techniques employed in particle physics. In recent years ...

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Particle physics is the study of the elementary building blocks of matter and radiation and their interaction. The fundamental particles are summarised by the standard model. This includes leptons ...

The course is an introduction to nuclear and particle physics, from the universe´s elementary particles and the forces that act between them, to the quantum structure of systems composed of elementary ...

Today's encryption schemes will be vulnerable to future quantum computers, but new algorithms and a quantum internet could help.

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Feb. 27, 2025 — Scientists demonstrate a new quantum chip architecture for suppressing errors using a type of qubit known as a cat ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...

Feb. 26, 2025 — New research offers insights that could help reduce the amount of radioactive tritium embedded in the walls of fusion vessels to a ...