04/29/21 Quanta How to rewrite the laws of physics in the language of impossibility Chiara Marletto is trying to build a master theory—a set of ideas so fundamental that all other theories would spring from it.
04/27/21 Scientific American Searching for the universe’s most energetic particles, astronomers turn on the radio New radio-based observatories could soon detect ultrahigh-energy neutrinos, opening a new window on extreme cosmic physics.
04/23/21 Nature What’s next for physics’ Standard Model? Muon results throw theories into confusion Anomalies to fundamental theory have physicists trying to concoct new explanations.
04/21/21 Physics World How the Daya Bay experiment helped China build a neutrino legacy Ling Xin examines the legacy of the recently closed Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment on neutrino physics, US–China collaborations and future neutrino facilities
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.
02/26/15 From the Standard Model to space A group of scientists who started at particle physics experiments move their careers to the final frontier.
02/24/15 Physics in fast-forward During their first run, experiments at the Large Hadron Collider rediscovered 50 years' worth of physics research in a single month.
02/23/15 Video: LHC experiments prep for restart Engineers and technicians have begun to close experiments in preparation for the next run.
02/19/15 Physics for the people Citizen scientists dive into particle physics and astrophysics research.
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.