New calculations suggest the muon anomaly may be resolved, reinforcing confidence in the Standard Model of particle physics.

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A major obstacle in calculating the muon’s behavior is the strong force, the most powerful of the four fundamental forces, along with gravity, electromagnetism, and the weak force. It binds quarks ...

For years, one tiny mismatch in particle physics carried outsized hopes. The muon, a heavier and short-lived cousin of the ...

In the early 1980s, Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba was constructing a pioneering experimental facility to detect neutrinos from the Sun. Neutrinos are chargeless, invisible and notoriously ...

Scientists are exploring the possibility of a "fifth force" beyond the four known fundamental forces. This hypothetical force ...

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Physicists know that their elegant theoretical description of forces and particles – the Standard Model – must be incomplete, ...

Theoretical physicists in the US have discovered a "speed limit" on the time taken for quantum information to spread through ...

After winning a Breakthrough Prize, the world’s most lucrative science award, theoretical physicist David Gross is using the ...

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