04/03/23 Science News The W boson might not be heavier than expected after all The particle's mass is an important test of the Standard Model of particle physics.
03/29/23 CERN A spring awakening: CERN’s accelerators gear up for 2023 Following the winter shutdown, the injectors and accelerators are preparing for the 2023 data-taking season.
03/24/23 LHC experiments see four top quarks The ATLAS and CMS experiments have observed a process 4,000 times rarer than the production of Higgs bosons.
03/22/23 CERN New LHC experiments enter uncharted territory The first observation of collider neutrinos by FASER and SND at the LHC paves the way for exploring new physics scenarios.
Testing, testing! 01/15/25 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.
05/28/19 Brothers reunited on the ATLAS experiment Two brothers with very different career paths land on the same project at CERN.
05/21/19 From physics to data science Four physicists share their journeys through academia into industry and offer words of wisdom for those considering making a similar move.
05/14/19 Casting a wide net In their quest to discover physics beyond the Standard Model, physicists weigh the pros and cons of different search strategies.
04/30/19 A common language Physics professor Jason Nordhaus is working to reduce barriers to STEM for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
04/23/19 Falsifiability and physics Can a theory that isn’t completely testable still be useful to physics?