Examples of high-energy physics in a Sentence
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Their ultimate fate depends on an important unknown in high-energy physics: the equation that describes what neutron stars are made of and how that material moves, flows, and interacts with the world around it.
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Briley Lewis,
Popular Science,
9 Jan. 2023
As large-scale projects like LBNF/DUNE have ramped up over the last five years, Congress has increased the DOE’s overall budget for high-energy physics by nearly 30 percent.
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Thomas Lewton,
Scientific American,
13 Apr. 2022
Critical phenomena show up all over the place — in cosmology, high-energy physics, even biological systems.
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Quanta Magazine,
11 Nov. 2021
Finally, the advent of modern experimental high-energy physics taught us that even the proton and neutron have smaller particles inside of them: quarks and gluons.
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Ethan Siegel,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2021
Last month, scientists at CERN, the prestigious high-energy physics lab in Switzerland, reported that neutrinos might—repeat, might—travel faster than the speed of light.
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Phil Plait,
Discover Magazine,
6 Oct. 2011
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Briley Lewis,
Popular Science,
9 Jan. 2023
As large-scale projects like LBNF/DUNE have ramped up over the last five years, Congress has increased the DOE’s overall budget for high-energy physics by nearly 30 percent.
—
Thomas Lewton,
Scientific American,
13 Apr. 2022
Critical phenomena show up all over the place — in cosmology, high-energy physics, even biological systems.
—
Quanta Magazine,
11 Nov. 2021
Finally, the advent of modern experimental high-energy physics taught us that even the proton and neutron have smaller particles inside of them: quarks and gluons.
—
Ethan Siegel,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2021
Last month, scientists at CERN, the prestigious high-energy physics lab in Switzerland, reported that neutrinos might—repeat, might—travel faster than the speed of light.
—
Phil Plait,
Discover Magazine,
6 Oct. 2011
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