particle

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"When we detect individual cosmic-ray particles such as the Amaterasu particle here on Earth, we can often use their energies, arrival directions and expected magnetic deflections to infer their possible cosmic sources."

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The Amaterasu particle has been especially difficult to explain because its estimated arrival direction traces back to a cosmic void, a region of space with no clear source capable of producing ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The paper claimed the first discovery of a Majorana fermion, a theoretical particle central to the tech giant’s quantum computing effort.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The Swiss drugmaker released data from an early-stage clinical trial for its 225Ac-PSMA-617 drug candidate that showed so-called alpha particle radioactive isotopes should work in fighting prostate cancer, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Moreover, the idea of action at a distance–that one particle could instantaneously influence another trillions of miles away–was a stark violation of the special theory of relativity.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson