Tag: Electron

  • Nation & World

    Electrons, up really close

    Working in a basement lab at Harvard, a group of researchers led by John Doyle, the Henry B. Silsbee Professor of Physics, have been part of a team making the most precise measurement of the shape of the field around an electron. The results suggest that some theories for what lies beyond the standard model…

    5 minutes
    John Doyle.
  • Nation & World

    Measuring electrons

    In making the most precise measurements ever of the shape of electrons, Harvard and Yale scientists have raised serious doubts about several popular theories of what lies beyond the Higgs boson.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Understanding tiny reactions

    Scientists believe that tiny carbon nanotubes may also create something like atomic-scale black holes.

    3 minutes