08/26/21 Gizmodo New dark-matter detector records unexplained high-frequency signals A quartz acoustic-wave resonator in Australia has made its first intriguing detections.
08/20/21 Wired How to ace physics class (even if you don’t ace physics) It’s back-to-school season, so here are some tips on getting the most out of college science courses.
08/19/21 Science Clear+Vivid Podcast Caterina Vernieri: Seeing what can’t be seen As a young physics student, Caterina Vernieri was lucky enough to join the team hunting for the the Higgs boson just as it was found. She talks with Alan Alda about building a detector that may reveal the Higgs’ secrets.
08/05/21 ScienceNews How particle detectors capture matter’s hidden, beautiful reality Old and new detectors trace the whirling paths of subatomic particles.
Physics beyond the imaginable 09/03/24 Sarah Charley The CMS experiment is developing a new type of trigger that looks for anomalies.
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.
03/24/16 The next big LHC upgrade? Software. Compatible and sustainable software could revolutionize high-energy physics research.
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.