05/24/23 Nature Gravitational-wave detector LIGO is back — and can now spot more colliding black holes than ever The twin gravitational-wave detectors have started a new observation run after a major upgrade.
05/22/23 SLAC First SuperCDMS detector towers journey from SLAC to SNOLAB The first pair of towers are now at the Ontario facility, where they'll further the hunt for dark matter particles.
05/11/23 Australian National University Painting the universe red Before arriving at The Australian National University Research School of Physics, Raghda Abdel Khaleq explored the connections between art and science through undergraduate degrees in fine arts and advanced science.
05/08/23 New York Times Stanley Deser, whose ideas on gravity help explain the universe, dies at 92 His theory of supergravity sought to bridge quantum mechanics and general relativity, a potential step toward a theory of everything.
US physicists prioritize closer study of the Higgs 10/08/24 Kimberly Hickok Physicists in the United States support the development of an off-shore Higgs Factory.
02/13/20 The reverse science fair A school invited physicists from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to present their science for judgment by elementary students.
02/11/20 What we know about dark matter Although scientists have yet to find the spooky stuff, they aren’t completely in the dark.
02/04/20 On background Physicists deal with background in their experiments in two ways: by reducing it and by rejecting it.
01/28/20 Fine-tuning versus naturalness When observed parameters seem like they must be finely tuned to fit a theory, some physicists accept it as coincidence. Others want to keep digging.
01/23/20 When kids interview scientists Science Storytellers brings together two groups of innately curious individuals: scientists and children.
01/21/20 The other dark matter candidate As technology improves, scientists discover new ways to search for theorized dark matter particles called axions.
01/16/20 Drag racing and black hole physics The first undergraduate on the Event Horizon Telescope to receive junior collaborator status thrives in the unknown.
01/14/20 The persevering physicist To both understand the universe and improve equity, inclusion and diversity in physics, Brian Beckford looks to one word: respect.