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All the matter we know of in our Universe is made of both fundamental and composite particles. However, only a few of the fundamental particles are observed to be stable and not to decay into other ...

Elements that do not exist in nature—that have been created in a laboratory—are unstable. After hours or days of one element bombarding another with enough energy for both to fuse, the resulting new ...

Physicists create a stable quantum gate as a basic element for the quantum computer. Physicists from Konstanz, Princeton and Maryland create a stable quantum gate as a basic element for the quantum ...