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08/04/21

LHCb discovers longest-lived exotic matter yet

The newly discovered tetraquark provides a unique window into the interactions of the particles that make up atoms.

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LZ’s central detector, the time projection chamber, in a surface lab clean room before delivery underground.

LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matter

08/26/24

Lauren Biron

New results from the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe’s invisible mass.

Photo of belle II at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

04/01/16

Belle II and the matter of antimatter

Go inside the new detector looking for why we’re here.

03/29/16

The Milky Way’s hot spot

The center of our galaxy is a busy place. But it might be one of the best sites to hunt for dark matter.

Illustration of computer monitor with split screen of colored block and the LHC

03/24/16

The next big LHC upgrade? Software.

Compatible and sustainable software could revolutionize high-energy physics research.

Photo of Edda Gschwendtner "ask symmetry"

03/22/16

Why are particle accelerators so large?

CERN physicist Edda Gschwendtner explains why we need big machines to study tiny particles.

03/16/16

Dusting for the fingerprint of inflation with BICEP3

A new experiment at the South Pole picks up where BICEP2 left off.

03/15/16

A new pair of lenses for the Mayall

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

03/08/16

Art of Darkness

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

Field of tau, muon, electron neutrinos with one hidden neutrino

03/01/16

The hidden neutrino

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

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