02/15/22 Physics World Physics World Careers 2022 guide is now out Physicists can apply their skills in a wide variety of roles.
02/14/22 Nature How light is a neutrino? The answer is closer than ever The latest effort to weigh the elusive particle produces a more precise estimate of its upper limit.
02/13/22 Wired Symmetries reveal clues about the holographic universe How might our universe emerge like a hologram out of a two-dimensional sheet? An infinitely distant “celestial sphere” could hold answers.
02/08/22 Scientific American 100 years ago, a quantum experiment explained why we don’t fall through our chairs The basic concept of quantum spin provides an understanding of a vast range of physical phenomena.
The boson that physics almost rejected 07/02/24 Claire Malone Nobel Laureate Peter Higgs died earlier this year. Twelve years ago this week, physicists discovered the particle that bears his name.
06/12/17 How to clean inside the LHC The beam pipes of the LHC need to be so clean, even air molecules count as dirt.
06/08/17 Another year wiser In honor of Fermilab’s upcoming 50th birthday, Symmetry presents physics birthday cards.
06/06/17 A tale of three cities An enormous neutrino detector named ICARUS unites physics labs in Italy, Switzerland and the US.
05/30/17 A brief etymology of particle physics How did the proton, photon and other particles get their names?
05/26/17 First results from search for a dark light The Heavy Photon Search at Jefferson Lab is looking for a hypothetical particle from a hidden “dark sector.”
05/16/17 The facts and nothing but the facts At a recent workshop on blind analysis, researchers discussed how to keep their expectations out of their results.
05/09/17 Understanding the unknown universe The authors of We Have No Idea remind us that there are still many unsolved mysteries in science.
05/04/17 Sterile neutrino search hits roadblock at reactors A new result from the Daya Bay collaboration reveals both limitations and strengths of experiments studying antineutrinos at nuclear reactors.