08/31/22 Science News Physicists dispute a claim of detecting a black hole’s ‘photon ring’ If real, the thin ring of light would probe the gravity around a black hole in a new way.
08/26/22 WIRED Where do high-energy cosmic rays come from? A star’s last gasp Researchers compiled data from several telescopes to show that explosive stellar death can generate some of the fastest particles in the universe.
08/25/22 Science News ‘Chameleon’ forces remain elusive in a new dark energy experiment A hypothetical fifth force that morphs based on its environs didn’t turn up.
08/22/22 University of Melbourne Digging deep for dark matter A laboratory at the bottom of a gold mine in rural Victoria could make one of the biggest scientific discoveries ever – proving the existence of dark matter.
Physics beyond the imaginable 09/03/24 Sarah Charley The CMS experiment is developing a new type of trigger that looks for anomalies.
07/24/18 Rewiring STEM education The idea that science skills are innate and great discoveries are made only by “lone geniuses” is losing traction in STEM.
07/24/18 Accelerator excellence 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 Rise of the machines Machine learning will become an even more important tool when scientists upgrade to the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider.
07/16/18 The LHC’s computing revolution Making new discoveries may require writing new software first.
07/05/18 Out in physics LGBT+ scientists offer advice for promoting inclusivity in a guide written for the physics and astronomy community.
07/04/18 Higgs search alumni: Where are they now? Meet four physicists who have found different ways to apply the skills they learned through their studies of the Higgs boson.
07/03/18 Think big, go small Nothing beats a small experiment for the breadth of experience it gives the scientist.
06/26/18 The LHC-watcher’s field guide These are the event displays of Large Hadron Collider physicists’ dreams.