01/22/21 Washington Post Obituary: Philip Williams At the US Department of Energy, physicist PK Williams became Chief of the Physics Research Branch and then the Senior Program Officer.
01/14/21 Fermilab Dark Energy Survey makes public catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects The second data release from the Dark Energy Survey is the culmination of over a half-decade of astronomical data collection and analysis.
01/11/21 The Guardian Jack Steinberger obituary The Nobel Laureate's work played a significant role in the development of modern particle physics theory.
01/08/21 The Washington Post Martinus Veltman, Nobel laureate who helped reveal workings of universe, dies at 89 Veltman made his most significant contribution in helping clear away mathematical roadblocks to the full flowering of the Standard Model.
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.
02/17/15 10 unusual detector materials The past century has generated some creative ideas for tracking particles.
02/12/15 Craft astrophysics Technicians on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey may be the last members of a spectroscopic survey to use hand-plugged fiber plates.
02/10/15 Physics Valentines In love? Or just the opposite? Express how you feel with physics-inspired Valentines—and anti-Valentines—courtesy of symmetry.
02/06/15 Q&A: Steven Molaro, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ The show’s executive producer explains how a niche particle physics blog wound up in a recent plot.
02/05/15 Scientists take to YouTube for #mylinearcollider A video campaign shows international support for construction of the International Linear Collider.
02/03/15 Tracking glaciers with accelerators To predict Earth’s future, geologists use particle accelerators to understand its past.
01/29/15 Real scientists borrow ‘Big Bang’ costumes Parkas from The Big Bang Theory recently wound up in Greenland on an actual scientific expedition.