01/18/23 Popular Mechanics Scientists just solved a major nuclear reactor mystery Scientists on the STEREO experiment find no evidence sterile neutrinos are the cause of anomalies in studies of neutrinos at nuclear reactors.
01/09/23 WIRED How to measure ripples in spacetime Using the giant Virgo interferometer in Tuscany, researchers are recording gravitational waves created by interstellar cataclysms as they wash through our planet.
01/04/23 Nautilus The remarkable emptiness of existence Most of the energy within the cosmos is contained in the vacuum, and that energy is dominating the future evolution of the universe.
12/20/22 Nature Hint of crack in standard model vanishes in LHC data A discrepancy in the measurement of a type of particle decay had raised hopes of new physics.
Explain it in 60 Seconds: Quantum entanglement 09/24/24 Regina Demina and Kathryn Jepsen The CMS and ATLAS experiments recently detected quantum entanglement between top quarks in high-energy collisions at the LHC. What does that mean?
04/02/19 Considering the whole student Meet three scientists connected by the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-PhD Bridge Program.
03/28/19 Why LHC physics is like ‘Starcraft’ Video games and physics have more in common than you might think.
03/26/19 To PhD or not to PhD Respondents to Symmetry’s survey about what it’s like to earn a PhD in particle physics or astrophysics offer their views of the experience.
03/19/19 ‘Entangle’ exhibit fuels imagination with physics A Swedish university tapped the founding director of CERN’s artist-in-residence program to curate a new art exhibit inspired by physics.
03/14/19 The potential of plasma wakefield acceleration Scientists around the world are testing ways to further boost the power of particle accelerators while drastically shrinking their size.
03/12/19 Decolonizing science through sci comm Science writer Sibusiso Biyela aims to bring science back to South Africa’s Zulu communities.
03/05/19 A tiny new experiment at the LHC The story of the latest experiment approved for installation at the Large Hadron Collider starts with a theorist and a question about dark matter.
02/26/19 10 words that mean something different to physicists Some of this science sounds awfully familiar.