10/28/21 Quanta Is the great neutrino puzzle pointing to multiple missing particles? Years of conflicting neutrino measurements have led physicists to propose a “dark sector” of invisible particles.
10/27/21 MicroBooNE experiment’s first results show no hint of a sterile neutrino Four complementary analyses by Fermilab’s MicroBooNE show no signs of a theorized fourth kind of neutrino.
10/27/21 ScienceNews Doubt cast on theorized ‘sterile’ particles leaves a neutrino mystery unsolved A highly reclusive variety of the lightweight subatomic particles seems less likely.
10/26/21 BICEP3 tightens the bounds on cosmic inflation A new analysis of the South Pole-based telescope’s observations has all but ruled out several popular models of inflation.
Physics beyond the imaginable 09/03/24 Sarah Charley The CMS experiment is developing a new type of trigger that looks for anomalies.
07/26/16 The most important website in particle physics The first website to be hosted in the US has grown to be an invaluable hub for open science.
07/18/16 Pokémon Go shakes up the lab routine At Fermilab and CERN, students, lab employees and visitors alike are on the hunt for virtual creatures.
07/15/16 The science of proton packs Ghostbusters advisor James Maxwell explains the science of bustin'.
07/15/16 Who you gonna call? MIT physicists! As science advisors, physicists Lindley Winslow and Janet Conrad gave the Ghostbusters crew a taste of life in the lab.
07/12/16 A primer on particle accelerators What’s the difference between a synchrotron and a cyclotron, anyway?
07/05/16 Incredible hulking facts about gamma rays From lightning to the death of electrons, the highest-energy form of light is everywhere.
06/28/16 Preparing for their magnetic moment Scientists are using a plastic robot and hair-thin pieces of metal to ready a magnet that will hunt for new physics.
06/23/16 The Higgs-shaped elephant in the room Higgs bosons should mass-produce bottom quarks. So why is it so hard to see it happening?