A rather unassuming particle is playing an important role in the hunt for subatomic oddities. Similar to protons and neutrons, mesons are composed of quarks bound together by the strong nuclear force.

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Stevens’ team harnesses both the “wave-ness” and “particle-ness” of quantum objects to develop a groundbreaking imaging ...

A resonance effect can significantly affect how a three-atom molecule cools down when excited, RIKEN physicists have found.

Two-dimensional wide-angle neutron diffraction patterns have been measured successfully for uniaxially oriented fully deuterated and fully hydrogeneous polyethylene samples by using an imaging plate ...