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Conceptual illustration that features a woman looking at a drop of water versus snorkeling in the water

Explain it in 60 seconds: big data

04/15/25

Phil Marshall and Kathryn Jepsen

How do you solve a problem like big data?

A live video event in the massive DUNE caverns

07/17/24

The view from Neutrino Day 2024

About 2,200 people took part in hands-on science activities, performances, lectures and exhibits at Sanford Underground Research Facility's Neutrino Day celebration this year.

07/02/24

The boson that physics almost rejected

Nobel Laureate Peter Higgs died earlier this year. Twelve years ago this week, physicists discovered the particle that bears his name.

06/26/24

John Bahcall: Godfather of solar neutrinos

Bahcall’s scientific legacy is visible across the field of astrophysics

Illustration of billiard balls on a cosmic pool table

06/18/24

Scaling up the dark matter search

Physicists are preparing for the next generation of dark-matter experiments.

Illustration of Raphael Granier De Cassagnac

05/28/24

The physicist gamer

Raphael Granier De Cassagnac recently put his scientific skills to use creating a physics-themed video game.

The shipping crate holding the LSST Camera is transported the final 35 kilometers (21.7 miles) up the winding dirt road to the observatory on the summit of Cerro Pachón.

05/22/24

LSST Camera arrives at Rubin Observatory in Chile

The largest camera ever built for astrophysics has completed the long journey from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California to the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile.

Illustration: A student scientist embroiders their graduation cap with atom

05/07/24

Tomorrow’s physics test: machine learning

Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it?

Illustration of a scientist cutting a piece of bias tape with scissors

05/06/24

A physicists’ guide to the ethics of artificial intelligence

Physics may seem like its own world, but different sectors using machine learning are all part of the same universe.

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