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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.

03/15/16

Scientists hope the quarter-ton hunks of glass will help them see dark energy’s effects.

03/08/16

The Dark Energy Survey’s art show offers a glimpse of the expanding universe.

03/01/16

The explanation for some strange experimental results could lie in undiscovered particles called sterile neutrinos.

02/23/16

Take an interactive animated journey through the particle physics alphabet.

02/18/16

The KM3NeT experiment will catch the elusive particles using the Mediterranean Sea.

02/16/16

On the road to the world’s largest liquid-argon neutrino detector, take the “DUNE Buggy.”

02/09/16

A possible explanation for the lightness of neutrinos could help answer some big questions about the universe.

02/04/16

Physicists are using one of the oldest laws of nature to find the mass of the elusive neutrino.