04/07/22 Quanta Newly measured particle seems heavy enough to break known physics A new analysis of W bosons suggests these particles are significantly heavier than predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics.
04/07/22 CERN LHCb reveals secret of antimatter creation in cosmic collisions The finding may help determine whether or not any antimatter seen by experiments in space originates from dark matter.
04/06/22 Berkeley Lab CUORE team places new limits on the bizarre behavior of neutrinos Physicists are closing in on the true nature of the neutrino—and might be closer to answering a fundamental question about our own existence.
04/06/22 CERN ATLAS strengthens its search for supersymmetry At the recent Rencontres de Moriond conference, the ATLAS collaboration at the LHC presented several results of novel types of searches for particles predicted by Supersymmetry.
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.
02/10/17 Physics love poem challenge Think you can do better than the Symmetry staff? Send us your poems!
02/07/17 What ended the dark ages of the universe? New experiments will help astronomers uncover the sources that helped make the universe transparent.
02/02/17 Road trip science The Escaramujo Project delivered detector technology by van to eight universities in Latin America.
01/24/17 Five extreme facts about neutron stars Neutron stars have earned their share of superlatives since their discovery in 1967.
01/17/17 The value of basic research How can we measure the worth of scientific knowledge? Economic analysts give it a shot.
01/13/17 STOMP visits CERN A group known for making music with everyday objects recently got their hands on some extraordinary props.