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The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...

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The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller ...

Outfitted with more than 400 sensors, the BOLT II flight experiment led by Texas A&M University launched from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on March 22nd, 2022. It’s aim: to capture data on how ...