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String theory continues to show signs of life
Monday, November 25, 2024 by Richard Harris
In the quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe, scientists have long sought a model that elegantly unifies all of nature's forces and particles. While the idea of assembling such a model with Legos is charming, a more promising approach involves the concept of strings—not in the lit...
First observation of neutrinos at the neutrino observatory DUNE
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 by Richard Harris
In the USA, the world's most extensive neutrino experiment, DUNE, is being built at Fermilab. The University of Bern is playing a key role in this by developing the “ND-LAr” detector, which features new technology and an innovative design to observe neutrinos. The prototype of the &l...
NASA Fermi telescope finds BOAT gamma-ray burst
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 by Richard Harris
In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT - the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals a feature never seen before. "A few minutes afte...