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Murray Gell-Mann, Jewish American physicist, passes away
Murray Gell-Mann (89), a Jewish American physicist who theorized the existence of the quark and won a Nobel Prize for his method of classifying particles, has passed away in New Mexico on May 24, 2019. He transformed physics by devising a method for sorting subatomic particles into simple groups of eight, based on electric charge, ..
Topics: Atom • Eightfold way • Elementary particles • Matter • Murray Gell-Mann • Natural sciences • Neutron • Physical sciences • Physics • Quarks • Strange quark • Subatomic particle
Scientists at University of Edinburgh discovers chain-melted state of matter
The scientists at University of Edinburgh have discovered a new state of physical matter – which allows atoms to exist as both solid and liquid at the same time. Until now, atoms in physical matter were understood to exist typically in one of three states — solid, liquid or gas. An international team of physicists ..
Topics: Absolute zero • Atom • Bismuth • Chemical elements • Chemistry • Liquid • Matter • Natural sciences • Nitrogen • Oxygen • Physical sciences • Potassium