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  • MIT physicists just found a way to see inside atoms

    From Jan Panteltje@alien@comet.invalid to sci.physics on Mon Oct 27 07:39:25 2025
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    MIT physicists just found a way to see inside atoms
    MIT scientists turned molecules into tiny colliders to glimpse inside atomic nucleirCoand possibly uncover why the universe exists at all.
    Date:
    October 26, 2025
    Source:
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Summary:
    MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei,
    replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup.
    By studying radium monofluoride, they detected energy shifts showing electrons interacting within the nucleus.
    This breakthrough could help reveal why matter dominates over antimatter in the universe.

    Link:
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251026021734.htm

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  • From x@x@x.org to sci.physics on Mon Oct 27 10:01:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On 10/27/25 00:39, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    MIT physicists just found a way to see inside atoms
    MIT scientists turned molecules into tiny colliders to glimpse inside atomic nucleirCoand possibly uncover why the universe exists at all.
    Date:
    October 26, 2025
    Source:
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Summary:
    MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei,
    replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup.
    By studying radium monofluoride, they detected energy shifts showing electrons interacting within the nucleus.
    This breakthrough could help reveal why matter dominates over antimatter in the universe.

    Link:
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251026021734.htm

    This is much like a statement about a 'gravitational
    field'. Can you see 'outside' of a 'gravitational
    field'. If the effects extend to 'infinity' there
    might be no 'outside' of the field.

    Possibly the same for a static electric field (like
    a positive hydrogen ion). Is there such a thing as
    'outside' the nucleus?

    Has anyone even clearly tested - does matter
    attract or repel antimatter? Remember cyclotrons
    use electric and magnetic fields to bend charged
    materials and not necessarily a gravitational field.


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