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particle

[pahr-ti-kuhl] / ˈpɑr tɪ kəl /


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The study also reaches beyond black holes and into particle physics.

From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026

The world's most powerful particle accelerator will Monday shutter operations for four years of renovations to dramatically boost its collision-capacity and the potential for unlocking one of the greatest mysteries of the Universe: dark matter.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

In 2025, Nature's editors added a note to Microsoft's paper, external in which it claimed to have created the particle itself.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Children, elderly people, pregnant people and people with preexisting heart and lung conditions are likely to be most sensitive to particle pollution, Davis said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Physicists concluded that light was not a particle, but a wave of electric and magnetic fields.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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