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LHC scientists find relics of early universe living on in particle spins

07/22/25

Sarah Charley

Scientists on the ATLAS experiment explored the polarization of W bosons to test the Higgs mechanism and gain a deeper understanding of the first moments after the Big Bang.

Group photo of the members of the DUNE collaboration

08/24/17

Mega-collaborations for scientific discovery

DUNE joins the elite club of physics collaborations with more than 1000 members.

08/22/17

Expanding the search for dark matter

At a recent meeting, scientists shared ideas for searching for dark matter on the (relative) cheap.

Group photo of students and teachers involved in QuarkNet

08/16/17

QuarkNet takes on solar eclipse science

High school students nationwide will study the effects of the solar eclipse on cosmic rays.

Illustration of a cut-away view of the inside of the LZ detector

08/15/17

Dark matter hunt with LUX-ZEPLIN

A video from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory explains how the upcoming LZ experiment will search for the missing 85 percent of the matter in the universe.