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.
08/17/22 Science News Protons contain intrinsic charm quarks, a new study suggests Physicists have speculated for decades that protons may also host more massive quarks, called “intrinsic” charm quarks.
08/16/22 Scientific American Video: What is the black hole information paradox? A primer In recent years, scientists have made a breakthrough that may finally solve the puzzle and begin to show how black holes really work.
08/15/22 Fermilab Excavation of huge caverns for DUNE particle detector is underway The Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility will one day be home to the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
The quantum chase 11/26/24 Laura Dattaro Some friendly competition led up to the first discovery of entanglement at the Large Hadron Collider.
01/30/18 Sterile neutrino sleuths Meet the detectors of Fermilab’s Short-Baseline Neutrino Program, hunting for signs of a possible fourth type of neutrino.
01/25/18 Brown University animates science communication The SciToons program pairs students with different levels of scientific expertise to create animated science explainers.
01/23/18 Neural networks for neutrinos Scientists are using cutting-edge machine-learning techniques to analyze physics data.
01/18/18 The biggest little detectors The ProtoDUNE detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are behemoths in their own right.
01/10/18 Rivers in the sky Local communities named newly discovered stellar streams for bodies of water close to home.
12/21/17 Not an ugly sweater party University College London scientists make physics festive with sweaters and songs at their annual holiday gathering.