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07/27/18

LHC accelerates its first “atoms”

Lead atoms with a single remaining electron circulated in the Large Hadron Collider.

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Illustration of a W boson among a pattern of masks

Explain it in 60 seconds: W boson

09/10/24

Josh Bendavid and Sarah Charley

Meet the short-lived particle that helps the sun shine.

08/01/07

Yuri Tumanov: A lens on physics and its enthusiasts

His photographs show scientists and experiments, large physics facilities and tiny devices, enthusiastic crowds of conference participants and lone researchers absorbed in thought.

08/01/07

Dark energy

Dark energy, the weirdest and most abundant stuff in the universe, is causing the expansion of the universe to speed up.

08/01/07

Though scientists are skeptical of the suggested particle's existence, the results from Legnaro need to be checked, says Chou, who strayed from his usual area of researchcosmology to help put the project together. "It's unlikely but not impossible.

08/01/07

Yuri Tumanov: A lens on physics and its enthusiasts

His photographs show scientists and experiments, large physics facilities and tiny devices, enthusiastic crowds of conference participants and lone researchers absorbed in thought.

Four people pulling on four corners of a space blanket

08/01/07

Dark energy

Dark energy, the weirdest and most abundant stuff in the universe, is causing the expansion of the universe to speed up.

08/01/07

The particle physics life list

Bird watchers have "life lists" of species they hope to see in their lifetimes. Why shouldn't particle physics fans do the same? With that in mind, in our April issue we asked readers to help us put together the first particle physics life list.

08/01/07

Professor Prairie

Particles and prairie. For many people, these words are synonymous with Fermilab.

08/01/07

Donors big dream

Drawn by the chance to help answer the most fundamental questions about the universe, philanthropists are starting to make significant investments in physics research.

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