A new health threat is emerging in China five years after the global impact of COVID-19. The Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is causing concern as rising cases spark new health warnings. Learn what this ...

A particle can have no mass when its energy is entirely derived from its motion, meaning it is essentially pure energy traveling at the speed of light. For example, a photon or particle of light ...

The world's most massive science experiment has done it again, detecting hints of the heaviest antimatter particle ever found. This means the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful ...

The CDC estimates there have been over 1,500 deaths from flu so far this year. Respiratory illness activity – a measure of how often conditions like the common cold, flu, COVID-19, and ...

Australia is investigating a major biosecurity breach after deadly virus samples went missing. Authorities in Queensland, Australia, have confirmed a “major historical breach of biosecurity ...

A research facility in Australia is in hot water over losing track of its viruses. Government officials recently confirmed a “major breach” at the state-run Public Health Virology Laboratory ...

Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls announced today that 323 samples of live viruses—including Hendra virus, Lyssavirus and Hantavirus—went missing in 2021 in a "serious breach of ...

The experiment Linköping University’s Joakim Argillander and Daniel Spegel-Lexne were part of the team that investigated the relationship between quantum uncertainty and wave–particle duality.

Particle physics is the study of the elementary building blocks of matter and radiation and their interaction. The fundamental particles are summarised by the standard model. This includes leptons ...

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Now the virus is creeping uncomfortably close to spreading among humans. In November, a teenager in Fraser Valley, British Columbia sought medical care for conjunctivitis and a cough. Six days ...