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The ion of the hydrogen molecule is ideally suited for making ultra-precise measurements of important physical constants. Physicists at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) headed by Professor ...

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Understanding the universe's building blocks, the Standard Model categorizes particles and explains forces, yet leaves ...

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