11/20/20 Science To explain away dark matter, gravity would have to be really weird, cosmologists say A new analysis underscores how hard it is to explain away dark matter.
11/20/20 CERN ATLAS releases open software used to filter LHC collisions The new collection of 200 additional software packages make most ATLAS software open and reinforces ATLAS’s commitment to open science.
11/16/20 New York Times Masatoshi Koshiba, 94, dies; Nobel winner tracked ghostly neutrinos A physics teacher had flunked him, denigrating his abilities. He set out to prove the teacher was wrong.
11/12/20 Quanta What is a particle? It has been thought of as many things: a pointlike object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality.
Students become scientists on International Cosmic Day 10/01/24 Chris Patrick Every November, students, teachers and scientists worldwide gather virtually to learn about Earth’s cosmic visitors.
09/12/14 Astrophysics at the edge of the Earth Conducting research at the South Pole takes a unique level of commitment.
09/09/14 True tales of science When two theoretical physicists crossed paths at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, the Story Collider was born.
09/04/14 Forecasting the future Physicists and other scientists use the GEANT4 toolkit to identify problems before they occur.
09/03/14 Watching ‘the clock’ at the LHC As time ticks down to the restart of the Large Hadron Collider, scientists are making sure their detectors run like clockwork.
09/02/14 Detectors in daily life Not only are particle detectors essential to making discoveries in particle physics, they also play important roles in industry, science and medicine.
08/29/14 Massive neutrino experiment proposed in China China’s neutrino physics program could soon expand with a new experiment aimed at cracking a critical neutrino mystery.
08/28/14 Particle physics to aid nuclear cleanup Cosmic rays can help scientists do something no one else can: safely image the interior of the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
08/21/14 LHC physicist takes on new type of collisions A former Large Hadron Collider researcher brings his knowledge of high-energy collisions to a new hockey game.