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Explain it in 60 Seconds: Lattice QCD

07/25/24

Sarah Charley

Lattice gauge theory, or lattice QCD, is a calculation method that helps scientists make predictions about the behavior of quarks at low energies.

08/09/18

An intrepid Symmetry writer and communicator at CERN navigates the landscape above the Large Hadron Collider by bicycle.

08/07/18

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is advancing technology commonly used in dark matter experiments—and scaling it up to record-breaking sizes.

08/01/18

A new review in Nature chronicles the many ways machine learning is popping up in particle physics research.

07/31/18

Sometimes teenage rebellion means going for a degree in physics.

07/24/18

The idea that science skills are innate and great discoveries are made only by “lone geniuses” is losing traction in STEM.

07/24/18

Fermilab’s Lia Merminga talks to Symmetry about her early experiences in STEM and her drive to solve science’s unanswered questions.

07/17/18

Machine learning will become an even more important tool when scientists upgrade to the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider.

07/16/18

Making new discoveries may require writing new software first.