07/22/22 Science News A new dark matter experiment quashed earlier hints of new particles The XENONnT detector spotted no extra recoiling electrons.
07/15/22 Stanford Four questions: Risa Wechsler on what JWST images reveal The Stanford astrophysicist and cosmologist reacts to recent news about the newly released images taken by JWST.
07/07/22 Science Dark matter hunt heats up with first result from world’s biggest detector With 7 tons of liquid xenon, the LZ experiment leads three-way race to find WIMP particles.
07/07/22 Berkeley Lab Berkeley Lab researchers record successful startup of LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector at Sanford Underground Research Facility In a paper posted online today on the experiment’s website, LZ researchers report that with the initial run, LZ is already the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector.
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?
01/30/18 Sterile neutrino sleuths Meet the detectors of Fermilab’s Short-Baseline Neutrino Program, hunting for signs of a possible fourth type of neutrino.
01/25/18 Brown University animates science communication The SciToons program pairs students with different levels of scientific expertise to create animated science explainers.
01/23/18 Neural networks for neutrinos Scientists are using cutting-edge machine-learning techniques to analyze physics data.
01/18/18 The biggest little detectors The ProtoDUNE detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are behemoths in their own right.
01/10/18 Rivers in the sky Local communities named newly discovered stellar streams for bodies of water close to home.
12/21/17 Not an ugly sweater party University College London scientists make physics festive with sweaters and songs at their annual holiday gathering.