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Sharpening our cosmic focus

04/23/25

Ali Sundermier

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is gearing up to illuminate the universe’s darkest secrets with groundbreaking new technology.

09/13/22

Being able to see themselves as physicists can make or break students’ ability to thrive in the field.

09/06/22

Scientists are using a detector originally designed to study neutrinos to pin down an elusive nuclear physics measurement.

08/30/22

The animated YouTube series Quantum Kate is a teenager’s guide to modern physics.

08/23/22

It takes years of on-the-job training to learn the ins and outs of particle accelerator operation.

08/16/22

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

It’s around you, it’s a part of you, and scientists are still trying to figure it out.

08/04/22

Physicists take on the mystery of the missing (and extra) neutrinos.

08/02/22

Symmetry chats with scientists and engineers about doing important work in physics without a doctoral degree.