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You have full access to this article via your institution. The electron is believed to be a pointlike particle. According to the standard model of particle physics, there should be virtually no ...

Measuring zero: scientists have lowered the previous upper limit of the neutron’s electric dipole moment by 40%. (Courtesy: IOP Publishing) For more than 60 years, physicists have been searching for a ...

Incompatible moments A spinning charge (left) acts like a loop of current to produce a magnetic dipole moment (blue arrow). Distorting the electron's charge distribution (middle) produces an electric ...

The study of electric dipole moments (EDMs) offers a unique window into the violation of time-reversal symmetry, an effect that, when coupled with charge-parity (CP) violation, presents fundamental ...

In a study that closes a long-standing knowledge gap in fundamental science, researchers Boerge Hemmerling and Stephen Kane at the University of California, Riverside, have successfully measured the ...

Bigger magnets aren't always "stronger". But how do you make a comparison between different magnets? One way is to determine the magnetic dipole moment of the magnet. Maybe you aren't quite sure about ...