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Particles pass through our body every second and a team from Coimbra managed to detect them

Notícias de Coimbra1 September 2026 at 17:51

Every second, thousands of millions of particles pass through every square centimeter of Earth. These particles also pass through the human body constantly.

A research team from Coimbra managed to detect these particles, an achievement that represents a significant advance in the field of particle physics and in the understanding of the phenomena that occur around us.

The article highlights the importance of this discovery, showing how Portuguese science is contributing to global knowledge about subatomic particles and cosmic radiation.

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