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‘Impossible’ Higgs boson measurement within reach, thanks to a detour

08/05/25

Sarah Charley

A team of young scientists paused their new physics searches to develop an innovative machine-learning tool, which is now helping them narrow in on a rare and messy decay of the Higgs boson.

11/17/16

Q&A: What more can we learn about the Higgs?

Four physicists discuss Higgs boson research since the discovery.

Scientists walking up stairs to cube floating in sky "the future of scientists computing"

11/15/16

What to do with the data?

Physicists and scientific computing experts prepare for an onslaught of petabytes.

Detectives looking for superhero dark matter man

11/08/16

The origins of dark matter

Theorists think dark matter was forged in the hot aftermath of the Big Bang.

Green and yellow chameleon blending into background

11/03/16

Is there a dark energy particle?

A theoretical particle that adapts to its surroundings could explain the accelerating expansion of our universe.

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10/31/16

In search of a parallel universe

What are parallel universes, and why do we think they might exist?

10/27/16

A bright idea

Can a biochemistry technique win the battle against background for scientists studying the nature of neutrinos?

Einstein and woman in game board, she is holding a want and pointing it at concentric circles in space

10/25/16

A primer on gravitational-wave detectors

Physicists are searching for gravitational waves all across the spectrum.

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10/20/16

99 percent invisible

With a small side project, astronomers discover a new type of galaxy.

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