KATRIN Narrows Down the Range of Neutrinos’ Mass
[ad_1] The Science Scientists have known about the existence of neutrinos – tiny fundamental particles that almost never interact with matter – for 95 years. Nobel Prize-winning work in 1998 showed that their mass is not zero. However, neutrinos’ exact mass is still unknown. The international KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment uses the process by which a […]
A Strong Case for Weak Interactions
[ad_1] BYLINE: Michelle Alvarez For Immediate Release_ March 23, 2026Contact: Michelle Alvarezmalvarez@jlab.org A Strong Case for Weak Interactions Jefferson Lab physicist Ciprian Gal wins prestigious DOE award to search for cracks in physics’ best theory of the universe Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – In fifth grade, Ciprian Gal received his physics textbook a year […]
AI Rebuilds Molecules From Exploding Fragments
[ad_1] BYLINE: Ula Chrobak Read this story in the SLAC News Center Newswise — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and collaborating institutions recently built a generative AI model that can recreate molecular structures from the movement of the molecule’s ions after they are blasted apart by X-rays, a technique […]
Solving a Mystery in Dark Matter Detectors Could Improve Quantum Computers
[ad_1] BYLINE: Lauren Biron Newswise — Although dark matter makes up most of the mass in our universe, it has never been directly observed. To hunt for lighter dark matter and other rare phenomena, researchers must solve a puzzle in their supersensitive detectors: an unexpected number of low-energy events, called the “low-energy excess” or LEE, […]
The Big Questions: Mary Bishai on Mining for Neutrinos
[ad_1] BYLINE: Shannon Brescher Shea: Social media manager and senior writer/editor in the Office of Science’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs Newswise — Scientists recognized by the Department of Energy Office of Science Distinguished Scientists Fellows Award are pursuing answers to science’s biggest questions. Mary Bishai is a senior physicist at DOE’s Brookhaven National […]