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Dark Matter Day Q&A: Olivia Valentino

10/29/24

Chris Patrick

Student scientist Olivia Valentino shares what it’s like to work on a dark matter detector thousands of feet underground.

02/26/15

A group of scientists who started at particle physics experiments move their careers to the final frontier.

02/24/15

During their first run, experiments at the Large Hadron Collider rediscovered 50 years' worth of physics research in a single month.

02/23/15

Engineers and technicians have begun to close experiments in preparation for the next run.

02/19/15

Citizen scientists dive into particle physics and astrophysics research.

02/17/15

The past century has generated some creative ideas for tracking particles.

02/13/15

The Large Hadron Collider gears up for restart.

02/12/15

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

In love? Or just the opposite? Express how you feel with physics-inspired Valentines—and anti-Valentines—courtesy of symmetry.