11/20/20 Science To explain away dark matter, gravity would have to be really weird, cosmologists say A new analysis underscores how hard it is to explain away dark matter.
11/20/20 CERN ATLAS releases open software used to filter LHC collisions The new collection of 200 additional software packages make most ATLAS software open and reinforces ATLAS’s commitment to open science.
11/16/20 New York Times Masatoshi Koshiba, 94, dies; Nobel winner tracked ghostly neutrinos A physics teacher had flunked him, denigrating his abilities. He set out to prove the teacher was wrong.
11/12/20 Quanta What is a particle? It has been thought of as many things: a pointlike object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality.
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.
11/11/14 The November Revolution Forty years ago, two different research groups announced the discovery of the same new particle and redefined how physicists view the universe.
11/06/14 The intersection of art and science Statistician Edward Tufte turns scientific notations into artwork.
11/04/14 The rise of astrostatistics Astrophysicists and cosmologists are turning to statisticians to help them analyze an ever-increasing deluge of data.
10/24/14 Cosmic inflation Cosmic inflation refers to a period of rapid, accelerated expansion that scientists think took place about 14 billion years ago.
10/23/14 Australia’s first dark matter experiment A proposed dark matter experiment would use two underground detectors, one in each hemisphere.
10/21/14 Costumes to make zombie Einstein proud These physics-themed Halloween costume ideas are sure to entertain—and maybe even educate. Terrifying, we know.
10/15/14 Top quark still raising questions Why are scientists still interested in the heaviest fundamental particle nearly 20 years after its discovery?
10/14/14 Jokes for nerds Webcomic artist Zach Weinersmith fuels ‘Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal’ with grad student humor and almost half of a physics degree.