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'Quantum squeezing' a nanoscale particle for the first time –

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 18th September 2025

Researchers Mitsuyoshi Kamba, Naoki Hara, and Kiyotaka Aikawa of the University of Tokyo have successfully demonstrated quantum squeezing of the motion of a nanoscale particle, a motion whose uncertainty is smaller than that of quantum Read More

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Lab-made sugar-coated particle reduces COVID-19 infection rates by 98.6% in

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 11th August 2025

Research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem—a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle—that can block COVID-19 from infecting human cells, reducing infection rates by nearly 99%. Summary A Swansea University study has Read More

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Miniature Particle Accelerator Cracks Fermi’s 70-Year-Old Cosmic Ray Mystery –

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 16th July 2025

Physicists have recreated the mechanism behind cosmic ray acceleration in a lab for the first time using ultracold atoms and a device no bigger than a human hair. Scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in Read More

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This Forbidden Particle Could Break String Theory – New Study

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 16th July 2025

Physicists from the University of Pennsylvania, working with colleagues at Arizona State University, are examining the limitations of a framework that aims to unify the laws of physics throughout the universe. There are two great Read More

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Physicists Unlock New Path to Weighing the Universe’s “Ghost Particle”

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 1st July 2025

Silver-110’s decay reveals a promising path to measure antineutrino mass. New data could reshape future neutrino studies. Neutrinos and antineutrinos are fundamental particles that possess mass, although their exact value remains unknown. Recent high-precision Read More