"Despite the recent experimental success, theory-based problems remain. In the subatomic realm, the Standard Model reigns as the current theory of fundamental particles and their interactions. But the Standard Model leaves physicists unsatisfied; it doesn’t explain phenomena such as dark matter or mysteries such as the surprisingly low mass of the Higgs boson. Such limitations have pushed researchers to hunt for as-yet-undescribed new particles within the Standard Model—ones that could subtly influence the muon’s behavior in ways theory does not predict."
The counter is a belief in new physics, or a dramatic change in what we think we know.
"Despite its remarkable success in explaining the fundamental particles and forces that make up the universe, the Standard Model’s description remains woefully incomplete. It does not account for gravity, for one thing, and it is similarly silent about the nature of dark matter, dark energy and neutrino masses. To explain these phenomena and more, researchers have been hunting for new physics—physics beyond the Standard Model—by looking for anomalies in which experimental results diverge from theoretical predictions."
"“My first impression is ‘Wow,’” says Gordan Krnjaic, a theoretical physicist at Fermilab, who was not involved in the research. “It’s almost the best possible case scenario for speculators like us.... I’m thinking much more that it’s possibly new physics, and it has implications for future experiments and for possible connections to dark matter.”"
A realization I really wish people would come to about our understanding of the universe, physics, and pretty much any subject of study, we know a tiny fraction of what we think we do. We are in our infancy of understanding the world around us let alone the universe and how it ultimately works. We will continue to make discoveries and gain knowledge only to understand just how much more stuff we don't get and are centuries from mastering such knowledge. One of my favorite videos is this one about the JWST and just how far we have come and how little we really know (go to 7:12 for importance).
Maybe 4% knowledge of our universe. MAYBE. And that may be a gross over estimation as well. The best scientists and the real thinkers always have this understanding as they take on the challenge of expanding our understanding of any subject. When we discover something new it only leads to more questions and displays how incomplete our knowledge is. We have so many amazing discoveries to look forward to as we continue to grow and evolve as a species and build a collective knowledge. The most important thing we can do when we research is understand how incomplete our knowledge is and we don't know what we don't know. And we must be open to the idea that the things we think we know are all wrong. Imagine if all this time Einstein was wrong and the constant is not constant? Physics would be turned on its collective head.
Looking forward to more experimentation into muons and what they ultimately discover for us as we have such a long way to go, if we don't cause a mass extinction event first through our day-to-day actions on this tiny blue marble.
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'Researchers seem to have solved the puzzle of LK-99. Scientific detective work has unearthed evidence that the material is not a superconductor, and clarified its actual properties.
The conclusion dashes hopes that LK-99 — a compound of copper, lead, phosphorus and oxygen — would prove to be the first superconductor that works at room temperature and ambient pressure. Instead, studies have shown that impurities in the material — in particular, copper sulfide — were responsible for sharp drops in its electrical resistivity and a display of partial levitation over a magnet, properties similar to those exhibited by superconductors.
“I think things are pretty decisively settled at this point,” says Inna Vishik, a condensed-matter experimentalist at the University of California, Davis.'
Great that they are being recognized. Unfortunately, that recognition will likely result in them being targeted by the covidiots and receiving death threats.
Great that they are being recognized. Unfortunately, that recognition will likely result in them being targeted by the covidiots and receiving death threats.
I’m dying to find out what dolts like (these are the ones who come to mind) Danielle Smith, Adriana LaGrange, Rob Schneider, Aaron Rodgers, Novak Djokovic, Keean Bette, Theo Fleury, and numerous prominent republicans feel about this. As if we don’t know.
I’m dying to find out what dolts like (these are the ones who come to mind) Danielle Smith, Adriana LaGrange, Rob Schneider, Aaron Rodgers, Novak Djokovic, Keean Bette, Theo Fleury, and numerous prominent republicans feel about this. As if we don’t know.
Don't forget about Elon.
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interesting who the Nobel committee gave the award to. These scientist made a very important discovery in 2005 on base-modified mRNA which conferred stability and elicited high protein expression of in vitro transcribed mRNA. It is one brick in the foundation that allows mRNA drugs or vaccines to work. As far as I can tell, they had no direct work on the covid vaccine or any affiliation with Pfizer or Moderna
In my scientific opinion, a group of scientists at University of Texas Austin were the ones who made the critical discovery that allowed the Covid Vaccine to work. Without their discovery, I do not believe the Covid mRNA vaccines would have worked anywhere near the ~90%. Hard to know what % efficacy the vaccines would have had; The expressed spike protein would not have had the proper structure to elicit a robust immune response, and perhaps it would not have worked at all. If the mRNA vaccine did not work well, it would have been a much longer wait for the other more traditional vaccine technologies to have reached the market.
Nothing against the winners; deserving recognition of their achievement, but I believe more scientists could have been included in the award.
