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Scientists achieve record precision probing a particle where the universe may be hiding its secrets

An international team of scientists, including physicists Tim Chupp, David Aguillard, and Eva Kraegeloh, from the University of Michigan, has made the most precise measurement ever of an important, wobbly feature of a subatomic particle called the muon.

The University of Michigan Renames Center to Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics As Part of New Nationwide Initiative by the Leinweber Foundation

The newly renamed Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at Michigan is now part of a consortium of five research institutions that will support collaboration and expand research in theoretical physics.

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