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LHC scientists find relics of early universe living on in particle spins

07/22/25

Sarah Charley

Scientists on the ATLAS experiment explored the polarization of W bosons to test the Higgs mechanism and gain a deeper understanding of the first moments after the Big Bang.

06/10/15

LHC physicists preserve Native American voices

Physicists are using LHC detector technology to retrieve Native American music from old recordings.

06/09/15

Japan’s next big neutrino project

The proposed Hyper-K experiment would dwarf its predecessor.

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.

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