07/15/22 Stanford Four questions: Risa Wechsler on what JWST images reveal The Stanford astrophysicist and cosmologist reacts to recent news about the newly released images taken by JWST.
07/07/22 Science Dark matter hunt heats up with first result from world’s biggest detector With 7 tons of liquid xenon, the LZ experiment leads three-way race to find WIMP particles.
07/07/22 Berkeley Lab Berkeley Lab researchers record successful startup of LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector at Sanford Underground Research Facility In a paper posted online today on the experiment’s website, LZ researchers report that with the initial run, LZ is already the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector.
07/05/22 CERN LHCb discovers three new exotic particles The collaboration has observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks.”
Recognizing Rosemary Fowler 11/05/24 Pruthvi Mehta A physicist reflects on learning about a hidden figure whose research helped inspire her own.
11/07/17 Something borrowed SLAC engineer Knut Skarpaas designs some of physics’ most challenging machines, finding inspiration in unexpected places.
11/06/17 An international celebration of dark matter Around the world, scientists and non-scientists alike celebrated the first international Dark Matter Day.
10/31/17 How is the Force like dark matter? For Dark Matter Day, scientist and Star Wars fan Dan McKinsey talks dark matter and the Force.
10/26/17 CERN alumna turned deep-sea explorer Grace C. Young is fascinated by fundamental questions about realms both quantum and undersea.
10/24/17 Speak physics: What is a cross section? Cross sections tell physicists how likely particles are to interact in a given way.
10/10/17 A play in parallel universes Constellations illustrates the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics—with a love story.
10/05/17 A radio for dark matter Instead of searching for dark matter particles, a new device will search for dark matter waves.
09/28/17 Conjuring ghost trains for safety A Fermilab technical specialist recently invented a device that could help alert oncoming trains to large vehicles stuck on the tracks.