Over a century ago, Ernest Rutherford discovered the proton by splitting the atom in a laboratory in Manchester. Today, ...

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Scientists at CERN’s LHCb experiment have discovered a new particle made of two charm quarks and one down quark.

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Leah Broussard, a research scientist in the Physics Division of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has ...

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard were recognized for their foundational work in quantum information science.

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