Sentences with phrase «new type of particle»

The team soon hopes to observe a new type of particle as the comet sheds its fluffy dust layers.
Actually, we might be on the wrong track in thinking that dark matter is composed of a fundamentally new type of particle.
But now that scientists know how well they work, he said it should be possible to engineer new types of particles to do the same thing.

Not exact matches

In this new research, the team uncovers evidence for a new type of superconductivity in the material YPtBi, one that seems to arise from spin - 3 / 2 particles.
Theoretical efforts to describe new types of «dark matter» particles imply that the standard model's Higgs could have several cousins.
The phenomenon is a new type of aurora, dubbed STEVE, that's associated with the flow of charged particles in the upper atmosphere.
The new method makes it possible to quantify six types of particles that are key to understanding ocean dynamics and ocean - atmosphere interactions.
But while close, the two measurements didn't match perfectly, a result which leaves some wiggle room for physicists to think up other types of strange new particles.
Its recommendations include «mount [ing] a massive experiment to search for a hypothesized type of nuclear decay that is possible only if an elusive, nearly massless particle called the neutrino is — weirdly — its own antiparticle,» «building a new collider,» and «fully exploit [ing] the three major facilities U.S. nuclear physicists already have.»
More ambitious still is a new type of experimental flu vaccine made from DNA rather than the usual proteins or viral particles.
«New for three types of extreme - energy space particles: Theory shows unified origin.»
A new study shows that certain requirements for the lasers used in an emerging type of small - area particle accelerator can be significantly relaxed.
Taylor does think the new technique holds great promise for the future, because of its ability to identify types of particle and the fact that it can operate day or night in any weather (optical techniques of observing air showers only work on clear moonless nights).
The new type of accelerator, known as a laser - plasma accelerator, uses pulses of laser light that blast through a soup of charged particles known as a plasma; the resulting plasma motion, which resemble waves in water, accelerates electrons riding atop the waves to high speeds.
The new work suggests that engineers might also manipulate the tiny forces between types of particles, he says.
«Given that our approach does not depend on the particular particle's material and the large variety of particle shapes available - many more than in a child's building block play set - we have the potential to create many diverse types of new nanomaterials.»
Because the charm quarks are a particularly heavy variety of quark, scientists should be able to use the new particle to perform different types of tests of their theories of particle interactions.
In a new type of collaborative study, scientists combined data from 16 separate NASA and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) spacecraft to understand how a particle phenomenon in the magnetic environment around Earth occurs.
Another important ingredient of this research is a new type of quantum dots with their interiors designed to maintain the lasing - active state for much longer than standard particles do.
Leemans has been working on a fundamentally new type of accelerator that may allow physicists to scale back the size of their particle - smashing behemoths without sacrificing power.
Recent modeling along with previously published results from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft — short for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging, a mission that observed Mercury from 2011 to 2015 — has shed new light on how certain types of comets influence the lopsided bombardment of Mercury's surface by tiny dust particles called micrometeoroids.
«Discovery of new subatomic particle, type of meson, to «transform» understanding of fundamental force of nature.»
Named Ds3 * (2860) ˉ, the particle, a new type of meson [1], was discovered by analysing data collected with the LHCb detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC)[2].
Italian theoretical physicist Ettore Majorana originally proposed in 1937 that these fermions could be a new type of fundamental particle.
He also led a team that designed a new type of high - speed integrated circuit for particle detectors.
Led by MIT chemical engineering professor Patrick Doyle and Lincoln Laboratory technical staff member Albert Swiston, the researchers have invented a new type of tiny, smartphone - readable particle that they believe could be deployed to help authenticate currency, electronic parts, and luxury goods, among other products.
The particle's existence was missed by physicist Hermann Weyl during the initial development of quantum theory 85 years ago, say the researchers, because it violated a fundamental rule, called Lorentz symmetry, that does not apply in the materials where the new type of fermion arises.
This study provides new insights into the evolution and behavior of a less studied type of particle, called «brown carbon.»
New research has uncovered a technique whereby tiny particles mimic the form and function of the body's pancreatic cells, an approach that is showing promise in halting the onset of type 1 diabetes.
Producing pulse rates of up to 10,000 or 100,000 per second could make this machine relevant for a new type of laser - based particle accelerator.
The ability to devise these types of particles could one day enable new catalysts, energy storage systems and other applications.
Astronomers think it's more likely that dark matter consists of an entirely new type of matter built from a new kind of elementary particle.
The researchers said they were not able to determine the composition of the particles and suggested further study, which could help inform new 3D printer designs or even new types of UFP - free plastic.
The bath / shower might actually need new walls - they are made of a particle board type thing with a «water - proof» coating that is warping.
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