Antimatter is uncommon, but it’s not exactly rare. Antiparticles - especially those generated by cosmic radiation - are all around us, all the time. But just what is it doing here? As we discuss, the role of antimatter is fundamentally tied to our experience of reality.
Dec 7, 2022
13 min
Where do we draw the line between Outreach and Clickbait?
Nov 4, 2022
15 min
Novel technology and perhaps physics awaits us if we’re brave enough to build one.
Sep 27, 2022
9 min
Particle Physics is a source of more than just fascinating questions. Today we give four important reasons why we should build another particle collider. Share these four reasons with someone, especially if they aren't bought in!
Sep 22, 2022
9 min
A realistic, pragmatic look at the Standard Model of Particle Physics, and what might remain to be seen.
Sep 20, 2022
18 min
Searching for antimatter in the wild reveals a bit more than we expected. But only a bit. Are pulsars to blame? or is it Dark Matter?
Sep 5, 2022
13 min
Are there antineutrini out there? Yes, surely. But, a better question is what are antineutrini?
Aug 16, 2022
11 min
Like the antiproton, the antineutron is a composite particle made up of antiquarks. It looks a lot like the neutron, and that’s pretty interesting because both of those particles have no electric charge!
Jul 29, 2022
4 min
Virtual pions and gluons and other quantum effects are all dressed up in the antiproton package around three valance antiquarks. That’s two anti-up quarks and one anti-down quark. The antiproton looks virtually identical to the proton - except that it has a negative electric charge.
Jul 27, 2022
6 min
The positron is the antiparticle partner to the electron. Like the electron, positrons are stable. They do not decay. But of course, we don’t see may of them around.
Jul 21, 2022
5 min
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