Tag: grand unified theories
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The search for magnetic monopoles, the truest north
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] The hunt for the truest north Many theories predict the existence of magnetic monopoles, but experiments have yet to see them For Symmetry Magazine: If you chop a magnet…
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The GUTsy effort to unify the quantum forces
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] A GUT feeling about physics Scientists want to connect the fundamental forces of nature in one Grand Unified Theory For Symmetry Magazine: The 1970s were a heady time in…
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Why are neutrino masses so tiny?
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Neutrinos on a seesaw A possible explanation for the lightness of neutrinos could help answer some big questions about the universe. For Symmetry Magazine: Mass is a fundamental property…
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Of GUTs, glory, and the death of a proton
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Do protons decay? Is it possible that these fundamental building blocks of atoms have a finite lifetime? For Symmetry Magazine: The stuff of daily existence is made of atoms,…
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