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08/04/21

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

Testing, testing!

01/15/25

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

09/17/15

Dark matter experiments are becoming so sensitive, even the ghostliest of particles will soon get in the way.

09/15/15

The Higgs doesn’t quite fit in with the other particles of the Standard Model of particle physics.

09/09/15

Scientists hope to use neutrino experiments to watch a black hole form.

09/03/15

How do you get to work when your office is a clean room a mile below ground?

08/27/15

Theorists from the Institute for Advanced Study have proposed a way forward in the quest to test string theory.

08/25/15

Exploding stars have an immense capacity to destroy—and create.

08/20/15

Scientist Marcelle Soares-Santos talks about Brazil, neutron stars and a love of discovery.

08/18/15

How can we figure out when the universe began?