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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.

06/14/22

Connecting with physics

Professors find ways to show students that physics is more than just a set of laws and equations.

Illustration of Julia Ruth in Cyr wheel, physics equations and other views of Ruth in Cyr wheel in background

06/07/22

From science lab to Cyr wheel

Meet a physicist who ran away to join the circus.

Artwork by Luca Buvoli "Time does not exist"

05/31/22

Luca Buvoli’s art explores COVID spacetime

In a recent exhibit, the artist wove fantasy and physics to illustrate the temporal funk of living through a pandemic.

Illustration of a standard model display shelf

05/24/22

What’s up with the W boson mass?

The CDF experiment at Fermilab measured the mass of the W boson and came up with an answer that no one expected.

Illustration of a Black woman student considering physics concepts

05/17/22

The other physics problem

Black physicists say efforts to recruit and retain more Black students must concentrate on challenges they face at both Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Primarily White Institutions.

Illustration of the four pillars of computational thinking

05/10/22

Think like a computer

A pilot program, designed in part by educators at Sanford Underground Research Facility, is introducing computational thinking into elementary school curricula.

Illustration of two flowers, one healthy and one dying

05/03/22

Can a theory ever die?

Neglected theories will wilt and wither but can bloom again with enough attention.

Illustration of two Higgs particles running away from a scientist

04/26/22

Double trouble Higgs

Scientists worried Higgs pairs would be too rare for LHC experiments to find. But by using machine learning, they now are getting tantalizingly close.

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