To put one of physicists’ most important theories to the test, scientists go to extremes. Extremely strong electromagnetic fields, that is.
The theory of quantum electrodynamics, which describes interactions of electrically charged particles and light, has been checked to painstaking precision (SN: 2/23/23). The theory correctly predicts properties of simple atoms, like hydrogen or helium. But it’s less carefully tested under intense electromagnetic fields, like those that exist around large atomic nuclei.
The theory’s predictions hold up even
The Bank of England has opted once again to hold the base rate at 5.25 per cent, a move which will reinforce the view we’ve reached the peak for interest rates.
The decision marks its second pause after the Monetary Policy Committee voted to hold the base rate in September. Prior to that, there had been 14 consecutive base rate hikes since December 2021.
The announcement will be met with a degree of relief among borrowers and disappointment among savers.
The FTSE 100 is flat in afternoon trading. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Barclays, Plus500 and Bunzl. Read the Tuesday 24 October Business Live blog below.
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Taylor Swift fans were left in shock when it was revealed in April that she’d called it quits with Joe Alwyn after six years together.
And with the hitmaker, 33, moving on from The 1975 frontman Matty Healy with American footballer Travis Kelce, DailyMail.com is taking a look back at her extensive dating history.
July- October 2008: JOE JONAS
Taylor dated Joe in the early days of her singing career back in 2008, but sadly split after only a few
Celebration was in the air as Rupert Murdoch, his sons Lachlan and James and executives from his newspaper and broadcast empire took their seats in the private dining room at Hammersmith’s River Cafe.
As ever, the fashionable watering hole of London’s media elites was abuzz with lively mid-week chatter, but even among these sophisticates the presence of the three Murdochs together stilled conversations.
They were in town to mark the success of a deal the media tycoon had struck, yet
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accused Russian Wagner mercenaries in Belarus of trying to “destabilize” NATO through planned “hybrid attacks” along the eastern flank.
Morawiecki and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda held an urgent meeting Thursday in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, warning that they are bracing for provocations from Moscow and Minsk in the area.
Morawiecki and Nauseda met in Suwalki, a town in the Suwalki Gap, a sparsely
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Pink showcased her summer style as she stepped out with her son, Jameson, for a shopping trip in New York City on Wednesday.
The So What hitmaker, 43, who is filtering through her Summer Carnival Tour which recently began its North American trek, was seen spending time in the Big Apple ahead of her concert in Queens on Thursday.
The mother of two put on a leggy display wearing a black dress that contained a full, mini skirt while small
When addressing his Liverpool exit, Oxlade-Chamberlain made it clear his priority is to play regularly after spending the past two years limited to a bit-part role under Jurgen Klopp.
“I still want success, I’ve had a taste of it here, they’ve been the best years ever,” he said in May. “So, if by any chance, I can have another sniff of achieving anything like that again then I’d bite your hand off.
“I think I need to go and play
Elina Svitolina has revealed that the WTA will inform the crowd before her match against Victoria Azarenka on Monday that no post-match handshakes will take place in a bid to avoid a hostile reaction. Svitolina, who hails from Ukraine, was caught up in controversy at Wimbledon earlier this year when she refused to shake Azarenka’s hand after beating her Belarusian opponent.
Azarenka knew about Svitolina’s stance in advance and respectfully headed straight to her bag in order to avoid an
