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Investigating positron scattering from giant molecular targets
read moreNew York | Heidelberg, 24 June 2022
New research looks at positron scattering from rare gas atoms encapsulated in carbon 60 to investigate quantum properties that can’t be tested with electrons. -
Exotic carbon microcrystals in meteorite dust
read moreNew York | Heidelberg, 24 June 2022
Unusually shaped microcrystals formed of pure, graphite-like carbon were discovered in the dust of the 21st-century’s largest meteorite. They are likely to have grown in layers from complex carbon nuclei such as fullerene. -
Probing high-energy neutrinos with an IceCube
read moreNew York | Heidelberg, 13 June 2022
Studying a high-energy neutrino that was observed by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole and that is believed to be intergalactic in origin has yielded some intriguing ‘new physics’ beyond the Standard Model.