07/05/24 ScienceNews Strange observations of galaxies challenge ideas about dark matter A new look at how light bends in the universe could point to an alternative theory of gravity.
07/05/24 CERN Courier A gold mine for neutrino physics The DUNE experiment is taking shape deep in the same mine where physicists got the first hint that something was amiss with the neutrino.
06/27/24 Nature Five new ways to catch gravitational waves—and the secrets they’ll reveal Observatories, experiments and techniques are being developed to spot ripples in space-time at frequencies that currently can’t be detected.
06/26/24 Science Friday The feat of building the world’s largest telescope The Extremely Large Telescope is under construction on a mountaintop in Chile’s Atacama Desert. It could revolutionize astronomy.
Explain it in 60 seconds: big data 04/15/25 Phil Marshall and Kathryn Jepsen How do you solve a problem like big data?
09/06/22 Majorana Demonstrator finds ‘tantalizing’ new purpose Scientists are using a detector originally designed to study neutrinos to pin down an elusive nuclear physics measurement.
08/30/22 Meet Quantum Kate The animated YouTube series Quantum Kate is a teenager’s guide to modern physics.
08/23/22 Accelerator operators: pillars of particle physics It takes years of on-the-job training to learn the ins and outs of particle accelerator operation.
08/16/22 Design thinking and the Disco-tracker As part of a class on design thinking, a graduate student turned her research topic into an art installation resembling a giant disco ball.
08/09/22 Four (more) things you might not know about antimatter It’s around you, it’s a part of you, and scientists are still trying to figure it out.
08/04/22 Why aren’t neutrinos adding up? Physicists take on the mystery of the missing (and extra) neutrinos.
08/02/22 6 views of working in particle physics without a PhD Symmetry chats with scientists and engineers about doing important work in physics without a doctoral degree.
07/26/22 Ximena Cid builds community by cherishing her roots Ximena Cid found her place in STEM by embracing her identity. Now she helps others do the same.