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Conceptual illustration of a Higgs particle doing research while suspended in mid air

‘Impossible’ Higgs boson measurement within reach, thanks to a detour

08/05/25

Sarah Charley

A team of young scientists paused their new physics searches to develop an innovative machine-learning tool, which is now helping them narrow in on a rare and messy decay of the Higgs boson.

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09/12/23

Imagining the future of gravitational-wave research

To understand why scientists are excited about detecting a new background, just look to the history of studies of the CMB.

09/05/23

Rap with an undercurrent of particle physics

UK musician Consensus spins the big ideas of physics into rap and hip-hop tracks.

08/29/23

Life along the future DUNE beamline

Unseen neutrinos, visible lives: A photographer journeys through the Midwest.

Illustration of the observatory next to people standing on stacks of books

08/22/23

Vera C. Rubin Observatory brings the universe to everyone

The Rubin Observatory is making education and outreach a top priority.

Monet footbridge painting with close-up detail

08/15/23

Seeing the full picture with line-intensity mapping

Scientists are championing a relatively new technique as a method to understand the structure of the early universe in three dimensions.

08/10/23

Muon g-2 doubles down with latest measurement, explores uncharted territory

Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment brings particle physics closer to a showdown between theory and experiment.

Illustration of a beach scene with a sunburned man

08/08/23

Applications of quantum mechanics at the beach

How does sunscreen work on the atomic level?

Illustration of the Milky Way galaxy as viewed through multiple lenses

08/01/23

IceCube and NANOGrav open new windows onto the universe

New results from a neutrino telescope and a gravitational-wave observatory show how astronomers use different forms of messengers to study the cosmos.

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