01/24/23 Knowable Magazine Can cosmology untangle the universe’s most elusive mysteries? Knowable Magazine spoke with cosmologist Michael Turner about the future of cosmology.
01/18/23 Popular Mechanics Scientists just solved a major nuclear reactor mystery Scientists on the STEREO experiment find no evidence sterile neutrinos are the cause of anomalies in studies of neutrinos at nuclear reactors.
01/09/23 WIRED How to measure ripples in spacetime Using the giant Virgo interferometer in Tuscany, researchers are recording gravitational waves created by interstellar cataclysms as they wash through our planet.
01/04/23 Nautilus The remarkable emptiness of existence Most of the energy within the cosmos is contained in the vacuum, and that energy is dominating the future evolution of the universe.
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.
10/09/18 Progress in plasma wakefield acceleration for positrons Three new studies show the promise and challenge of using plasma wakefield acceleration to build a future electron-positron collider.
10/04/18 The 3-ton ruler A specialized measuring machine at SLAC is helping scientists build precise detectors for the ATLAS experiment.
09/27/18 Life as an accelerator operator Behind some of the world’s biggest scientific instruments are teams with a set of skills you can’t find anywhere else.
09/25/18 How not to be fooled in physics Particle physicists and astrophysicists employ a variety of tools to avoid erroneous results.
09/20/18 Dark matter vibes SuperCDMS physicists are testing a way to amp up dark matter vibrations to help them search for lighter particles.
09/13/18 A whale of a tale Scientists looking for tiny particles off the coast of Italy stumble upon a much bigger research subject.
09/11/18 A 25-foot thermometer for neutrino science This instrument developed for DUNE can take 48 temperatures simultaneously and with expert precision.