Quanta Magazine – Page 3

December 11, 2016

Inside the Hunt for a Ghost Particle

Janet Conrad has a plan to catch the sterile neutrino—an elusive particle, perhaps glimpsed years ago, that would upend what we know about the subatomic world. The post Inside the Hunt for a Ghost Particle appeared first on WIRED.

November 20, 2016

Physicists Uncover Strange Numbers in Particle Collisions

An unexpected connection has emerged between the results of physics experiments and an important, seemingly unrelated set of numbers in pure mathematics. The post Physicists Uncover Strange Numbers in Particle Collisions appeared first on WIRED.

November 13, 2016

What Sonic Black Holes Say About the Real Deal

Can a fluid analogue of a black hole point physicists toward the theory of quantum gravity, or is it a red herring? The post What Sonic Black Holes Say About the Real Deal appeared first on WIRED.

November 4, 2016

A Groundbreaking 30-Year Old Evolutionary Experiment Is Still Going Strong

At first, the biologist Richard Lenski thought his long-term experiment on evolution might last for 2,000 generations. Nearly three decades and over 65,000 generations later, he's still amazed by evolution's "awesome inventiveness." The post A Groundbreaking 30-Year Old Evolutionary Experiment Is Still Going Strong appeared first on WIRED.

October 28, 2016

Genetic Architects Untwist DNA’s Turns With Crispr

Researchers have used the gene-editing tool Crispr to manipulate the way that DNA coils up inside the cell—another step in the quest to understand how the genome's 3-D structure impacts its function. The post Genetic Architects Untwist DNA’s Turns With Crispr appeared first on WIRED.

October 22, 2016

Falling Into the Wormhole Connecting Physics and Education

The theoretical particle physicist Helen Quinn has blazed a singular path from the early days of the Standard Model to the latest overhaul of science education in the United States. The post Falling Into the Wormhole Connecting Physics and Education appeared first on WIRED.

October 8, 2016