03/30/21 The New York Times Hunting ghost particles beneath the world’s deepest lake A neutrino-spotting telescope beneath the frozen Lake Baikal in Russia is close to delivering scientific results after four decades of setbacks.
03/30/21 Nature Long-awaited muon physics experiment nears moment of truth A result that has been 20 years in the making could reveal the existence of new particles, and upend fundamental physics.
03/25/21 Scientific American Unexplained results intrigue physicists at world’s largest particle collider Muons and electrons might not experience the same fundamental interactions, contrary to Standard Model predictions.
03/23/21 CERN Intriguing new result from the LHCb experiment at CERN The LHCb results strengthen hints of a violation of lepton flavor universality.
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.
06/05/15 Steady to a fault How do accelerators survive in some of the most earthquake-prone regions on Earth?
06/04/15 The universe at your fingertips Raw images from the DECam Legacy Survey’s new image archive will appear online the day after they are taken.
06/01/15 Inside particle detectors: magnets Physicist Jim Pivarski explains how particle detectors tell us about the smallest constituents of matter.
05/29/15 Inside particle detectors: calorimeters Physicist Jim Pivarski explains how particle detectors tell us about the smallest constituents of matter.
05/28/15 Inside particle detectors: trackers Physicist Jim Pivarski explains how particle detectors tell us about the smallest constituents of matter.
05/26/15 A goldmine of scientific research The underground home of the LUX dark matter experiment has a rich scientific history.
05/20/15 Small teams, big dreams A small group of determined scientists can make big contributions to physics.
05/19/15 Looking to the heavens for neutrino masses Scientists are using studies of the skies to solve a neutrino mystery.