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Explain it in 60 seconds: High-Luminosity LHC

02/26/25

Sarah Charley

The upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider will allow scientists to better study known phenomena and to search for new ones.

02/18/13

Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy is a technique that astronomers use to measure and analyze the hundreds of colors contained in the light emitted by stars, galaxies and other celestial objects.

02/14/13

Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment

The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment aims to discover whether neutrinos violate the fundamental matter–antimatter symmetry of physics.

Illustration of Neutrinos, standard model misfits

02/12/13

Neutrinos, the Standard Model misfits

For years, scientists thought that neutrinos fit perfectly into the Standard Model. But they don't. By better understanding these strange, elusive particles, scientists seek to better understand the workings of all the universe, one discovery at a time.