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  1. Scientists may have found the source of the most powerful neutrino ever detected. Via @sciencedaily_official #Science #Physics #ParticlePhysics 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

    Scientists may have found the ...

  2. CERN researchers detect rare particle transformations at the Large Hadron Collider that challenge the Standard Model of physics

    Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have observed rare particle transformations that may indicate the existence of unknown forces or particles.

    newsnews.ai/article/cern-lhc-p

  3. A strange ‘ force’ helped heal a crack in
    and other can produce a subtle force, relevant for precise measurements
    Effect not limited to neutrinos. Electrons and other particles could transmit similar forces. It’s counterintuitive, because those particles are not type commonly associated with transmission of forces, according to particle physicists’ well-established theory, called the .
    sciencenews.org/article/neutri
    archive.ph/x3YBp

  4. New YODA 2.1.3 and Rivet 4.1.3 releases out now! 🎉
    YODA: Python API additions (discrete-axis edges, shape(), NumPy array returns) plus plotting and script fixes.
    Rivet: 20 new analysis routines (LHC, Belle, BESIII) plus a smearing-normalisation fix.
    Links + full ChangeLogs on the webpages!
    #HEP #ParticlePhysics #OpenScience

  5. Scientists were wrong about this “rule-breaking” particle. Via @sciencedaily_official #Science #Physics #ParticlePhysics 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

    Scientists were wrong about th...

  6. Forget electrons, this breakthrough uses light-matter particles to power AI. Via @sciencedaily_official #Science #Physics #ParticlePhysics 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🤖 🧠

    Forget electrons, this breakth...

  7. There are so many interesting old science machines on our campus in #hamburg. So this time I check out the #DESY bubble chamber!

    In 1966, scientists in Hamburg created antiprotons out of light for the first time ⚡ and measured them with this cool old gear. #particlephysics #wissenschaft #physics #scicomm

  8. Someone Asked Physicists What They Really Believe About the Universe and… Yikes

    You’d hope that the world’s brightest scientific minds would more or less agree on the nature of our…
    #NewsBeep #News #Physics #AmericanPhysicalSociety #AU #Australia #Darkenergy #darkmatter #particlephysics #Science #scientificconsensus #UniversityofWaterloo
    newsbeep.com/au/676872/

  9. 🚀 petrifyML v2.1.0 released!

    New features include:
    • Support for gradient-boosted TMVA BDTs
    • TMVA MLP regressors
    • Improved automatic feature-range estimation for BDTs
    • Automatic compiler detection

    Available now via pip or GitLab.

    #HEP #MachineLearning #ParticlePhysics #OpenSource

  10. 🚀 petrifyML v2.1.0 released!

    New features include:
    • Support for gradient-boosted TMVA BDTs
    • TMVA MLP regressors
    • Improved automatic feature-range estimation for BDTs
    • Automatic compiler detection

    Available now via pip or GitLab.

    #HEP #MachineLearning #ParticlePhysics #OpenSource

  11. 🚀 petrifyML v2.1.0 released!

    New features include:
    • Support for gradient-boosted TMVA BDTs
    • TMVA MLP regressors
    • Improved automatic feature-range estimation for BDTs
    • Automatic compiler detection

    Available now via pip or GitLab.

    #HEP #MachineLearning #ParticlePhysics #OpenSource

  12. The fine-structure constant alpha ~ 1/137.036 is one of the most precisely measured numbers in physics, yet its origin remains unexplained. A new preprint reframes alpha not as an abstract coupling constant, but as a projective cross-ratio: the classical electron radius divided by the reduced Compton wavelength.

    Full preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20100109

    #Physics #QuantumMechanics #Mathematics #ProjectiveGeometry #Science #Research #Academic #ParticlePhysics

  13. The fine-structure constant alpha ~ 1/137.036 is one of the most precisely measured numbers in physics, yet its origin remains unexplained. A new preprint reframes alpha not as an abstract coupling constant, but as a projective cross-ratio: the classical electron radius divided by the reduced Compton wavelength.

    Full preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20100109

    #Physics #QuantumMechanics #Mathematics #ProjectiveGeometry #Science #Research #Academic #ParticlePhysics

  14. The fine-structure constant alpha ~ 1/137.036 is one of the most precisely measured numbers in physics, yet its origin remains unexplained. A new preprint reframes alpha not as an abstract coupling constant, but as a projective cross-ratio: the classical electron radius divided by the reduced Compton wavelength.

    Full preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20100109

    #Physics #QuantumMechanics #Mathematics #ProjectiveGeometry #Science #Research #Academic #ParticlePhysics

  15. The fine-structure constant alpha ~ 1/137.036 is one of the most precisely measured numbers in physics, yet its origin remains unexplained. A new preprint reframes alpha not as an abstract coupling constant, but as a projective cross-ratio: the classical electron radius divided by the reduced Compton wavelength.

    Full preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20100109

    #Physics #QuantumMechanics #Mathematics #ProjectiveGeometry #Science #Research #Academic #ParticlePhysics

  16. The fine-structure constant alpha ~ 1/137.036 is one of the most precisely measured numbers in physics, yet its origin remains unexplained. A new preprint reframes alpha not as an abstract coupling constant, but as a projective cross-ratio: the classical electron radius divided by the reduced Compton wavelength.

    Full preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20100109

    #Physics #QuantumMechanics #Mathematics #ProjectiveGeometry #Science #Research #Academic #ParticlePhysics

  17. Researchers are utilizing precision measurements of barium monofluoride (BaF) molecules to explore unmapped interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei, yielding new constraints on particles that may constitute dark matter.
    #ParticlePhysics #MolecularPhysics #Astrophysics #DarkMatter #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/phy05112601

  18. Researchers are utilizing precision measurements of barium monofluoride (BaF) molecules to explore unmapped interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei, yielding new constraints on particles that may constitute dark matter.
    #ParticlePhysics #MolecularPhysics #Astrophysics #DarkMatter #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/phy05112601

  19. Researchers are utilizing precision measurements of barium monofluoride (BaF) molecules to explore unmapped interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei, yielding new constraints on particles that may constitute dark matter.
    #ParticlePhysics #MolecularPhysics #Astrophysics #DarkMatter #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/phy05112601

  20. Researchers are utilizing precision measurements of barium monofluoride (BaF) molecules to explore unmapped interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei, yielding new constraints on particles that may constitute dark matter.
    #ParticlePhysics #MolecularPhysics #Astrophysics #DarkMatter #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/phy05112601

  21. Researchers are utilizing precision measurements of barium monofluoride (BaF) molecules to explore unmapped interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei, yielding new constraints on particles that may constitute dark matter.
    #ParticlePhysics #MolecularPhysics #Astrophysics #DarkMatter #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/phy05112601

  22. A photon was teleported across 270 meters in stunning quantum breakthrough. Via @sciencedaily_official #Science #Physics #QuantumPhysics #QuantumMechanics #ParticlePhysics 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

    A photon was teleported across...

  23. Lectures’ End

    At last we’ve made it to the end of term. This morning I delivered my last particle physics lecture. Given that it is the last day of the semester I was half-expecting no students would turn up, but in the end I had about 60% attendance. At the end of my lecture there was even a smattering of applause, which I interpreted as meaning that the students were happy that I’d finished.

    I thought I would end this module with some topics that I didn’t have time to cover in any detail, but thought the students should know at least something about. These loose ends included:

    • Renormalization
    • Grand Unified Theories (GUTS)
    • Supersymmetry (SUSY)
    • Particle candidates for Dark Matter
    • Baryogenesis

    I only had time for a superficial treatment of these topics, but felt the class should at least hear the words. There are some very good unanswered research questions under those headings, which I think is an appropriate way to end a final-year module, given that at least some of the class are intending to carry on to further study in physics.

    Today was also the deadline for Computational Physics projects. I’ll be grading them next week. Even then the term won’t quite be over – there is the small matter of exam marking to be done – but at least I’ve got no more formal teaching to do until September.

    Last night on the way home I decided to buy a nice bottle of white wine and put it in the fridge so I could drink it in celebration of the end of term when I get home, with a nice fish supper.

    #MaynoothUniversity #ParticlePhysics #Physics
  24. Lectures’ End

    At last we’ve made it to the end of term. This morning I delivered my last particle physics lecture. Given that it is the last day of the semester I was half-expecting no students would turn up, but in the end I had about 60% attendance. At the end of my lecture there was even a smattering of applause, which I interpreted as meaning that the students were happy that I’d finished.

    I thought I would end this module with some topics that I didn’t have time to cover in any detail, but thought the students should know at least something about. These loose ends included:

    • Renormalization
    • Grand Unified Theories (GUTS)
    • Supersymmetry (SUSY)
    • Particle candidates for Dark Matter
    • Baryogenesis

    I only had time for a superficial treatment of these topics, but felt the class should at least hear the words. There are some very good unanswered research questions under those headings, which I think is an appropriate way to end a final-year module, given that at least some of the class are intending to carry on to further study in physics.

    Today was also the deadline for Computational Physics projects. I’ll be grading them next week. Even then the term won’t quite be over – there is the small matter of exam marking to be done – but at least I’ve got no more formal teaching to do until September.

    Last night on the way home I decided to buy a nice bottle of white wine and put it in the fridge so I could drink it in celebration of the end of term when I get home, with a nice fish supper.

    #MaynoothUniversity #ParticlePhysics #Physics
  25. Lectures’ End

    At last we’ve made it to the end of term. This morning I delivered my last particle physics lecture. Given that it is the last day of the semester I was half-expecting no students would turn up, but in the end I had about 60% attendance. At the end of my lecture there was even a smattering of applause, which I interpreted as meaning that the students were happy that I’d finished.

    I thought I would end this module with some topics that I didn’t have time to cover in any detail, but thought the students should know at least something about. These loose ends included:

    • Renormalization
    • Grand Unified Theories (GUTS)
    • Supersymmetry (SUSY)
    • Particle candidates for Dark Matter
    • Baryogenesis

    I only had time for a superficial treatment of these topics, but felt the class should at least hear the words. There are some very good unanswered research questions under those headings, which I think is an appropriate way to end a final-year module, given that at least some of the class are intending to carry on to further study in physics.

    Today was also the deadline for Computational Physics projects. I’ll be grading them next week. Even then the term won’t quite be over – there is the small matter of exam marking to be done – but at least I’ve got no more formal teaching to do until September.

    Last night on the way home I decided to buy a nice bottle of white wine and put it in the fridge so I could drink it in celebration of the end of term when I get home, with a nice fish supper.

    #MaynoothUniversity #ParticlePhysics #Physics
  26. Lectures’ End

    At last we’ve made it to the end of term. This morning I delivered my last particle physics lecture. Given that it is the last day of the semester I was half-expecting no students would turn up, but in the end I had about 60% attendance. At the end of my lecture there was even a smattering of applause, which I interpreted as meaning that the students were happy that I’d finished.

    I thought I would end this module with some topics that I didn’t have time to cover in any detail, but thought the students should know at least something about. These loose ends included:

    • Renormalization
    • Grand Unified Theories (GUTS)
    • Supersymmetry (SUSY)
    • Particle candidates for Dark Matter
    • Baryogenesis

    I only had time for a superficial treatment of these topics, but felt the class should at least hear the words. There are some very good unanswered research questions under those headings, which I think is an appropriate way to end a final-year module, given that at least some of the class are intending to carry on to further study in physics.

    Today was also the deadline for Computational Physics projects. I’ll be grading them next week. Even then the term won’t quite be over – there is the small matter of exam marking to be done – but at least I’ve got no more formal teaching to do until September.

    Last night on the way home I decided to buy a nice bottle of white wine and put it in the fridge so I could drink it in celebration of the end of term when I get home, with a nice fish supper.

    #MaynoothUniversity #ParticlePhysics #Physics
  27. Lectures’ End

    At last we’ve made it to the end of term. This morning I delivered my last particle physics lecture. Given that it is the last day of the semester I was half-expecting no students would turn up, but in the end I had about 60% attendance. At the end of my lecture there was even a smattering of applause, which I interpreted as meaning that the students were happy that I’d finished.

    I thought I would end this module with some topics that I didn’t have time to cover in any detail, but thought the students should know at least something about. These loose ends included:

    • Renormalization
    • Grand Unified Theories (GUTS)
    • Supersymmetry (SUSY)
    • Particle candidates for Dark Matter
    • Baryogenesis

    I only had time for a superficial treatment of these topics, but felt the class should at least hear the words. There are some very good unanswered research questions under those headings, which I think is an appropriate way to end a final-year module, given that at least some of the class are intending to carry on to further study in physics.

    Today was also the deadline for Computational Physics projects. I’ll be grading them next week. Even then the term won’t quite be over – there is the small matter of exam marking to be done – but at least I’ve got no more formal teaching to do until September.

    Last night on the way home I decided to buy a nice bottle of white wine and put it in the fridge so I could drink it in celebration of the end of term when I get home, with a nice fish supper.

    #MaynoothUniversity #ParticlePhysics #Physics
  28. ⏰ ICHEP 2026 early registration has been extended to May 15!

    A little more time to secure the reduced fee and join us in Natal 🇧🇷⚛️

    ichep2026.org

    #ICHEP2026 #ParticlePhysics

  29. The Askaryan Radio Array, a grid of sensors buried deep within Antarctic ice, has successfully detected incoming high-energy cosmic rays by capturing the distinct radio wave bursts generated when these particles impact the ice.
    #ParticlePhysics #Astrophysics #Astronomy #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/phy05062601