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07/28/21

Changing a name without forfeiting credit

A group of US national laboratories, publishers, journals and other organizations is making it easier for researchers to update their names on past publications.

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Explain it in 60 Seconds: Lattice QCD

07/25/24

Sarah Charley

Lattice gauge theory, or lattice QCD, is a calculation method that helps scientists make predictions about the behavior of quarks at low energies.

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.

02/23/16

The ABCs of particle physics

Take an interactive animated journey through the particle physics alphabet.

02/18/16

Casting a net for neutrinos

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

02/16/16

Test of DUNE tech begins

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

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