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04/15/20

T2K advances investigation of matter-antimatter imbalance

New results from the T2K experiment in Japan rule out with 99.7% confidence nearly half of the possible range of values that could indicate how neutrinos behave compared to their antimatter counter

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A first-person view of physics history

10/15/24

Michael Riordan has spent decades ruminating on the history of physics, including events he participated in himself.

Illustration of Deconstruction: National Labs

06/25/13

Around the US in 17 labs

Chart a course to knowledge with symmetry’s interactive map of all 17 US Department of Energy national laboratories.

06/18/13

Journey from the center of the Earth

Subatomic particles streaming from the Earth’s interior carry important evidence of the planet’s origins.

06/14/13

The march of the penguin diagrams

More than 30 years ago, a physicist honored a bet by naming a particle decay diagram after an aquatic bird.

06/11/13

Former physicist nurtures innovation

Cherie Goodenough finds joy in seeing science research develop into products and applications.

Illustration of figure of man at a supersymmetry blackboard

06/06/13

A 10-minute lesson in supersymmetry

In two new videos, Fermilab physicist Don Lincoln explains the what and the why of supersymmetry.

06/05/13

The ILC through two lenses

Two regions in Japan vying to be the site of the proposed International Linear Collider have produced wildly different promotional videos.

Illustration of 5 spools of thread and thimble

06/04/13

Unification of forces

What if all of nature’s forces can be woven together into one comprehensive force?

05/31/13

Three decades of the Z

Thirty years ago this month, CERN scientists announced the discovery of the Z boson, an elusive elementary particle that transmits the weak force.

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