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Dark Matter Day Q&A: Olivia Valentino

10/29/24

Chris Patrick

Student scientist Olivia Valentino shares what it’s like to work on a dark matter detector thousands of feet underground.

Illustration of Higgs boson w/question mark shadow and tiny scientists

06/30/22

Four things physicists still wonder about the Higgs boson

Scientists have learned a lot about the Higgs boson in the decade since they discovered it. But intriguing questions remain.

06/28/22

Are you a Higgs expert? Take this quiz to find out!

July 4 marks the 10^th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Illustration: Kaplan, Arkani-Hamed, Dunford in foreground, sitting in theater, clips of documentary overlaying background

06/23/22

Particle Fever: Where are they now?

The 2013 documentary Particle Fever follows physicists from the start-up of the LHC through the discovery of the Higgs boson. Where are those physicists now?

Illustration of particle collision surrounded by four scientists

06/21/22

Reverberations of the Higgs

The discovery of the Higgs boson inspired young people around the world to pursue a career in science and technology.

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.

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