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10/26/21

BICEP3 tightens the bounds on cosmic inflation

A new analysis of the South Pole-based telescope’s observations has all but ruled out several popular models of inflation.

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Conceptual illustration of a Higgs particle doing research while suspended in mid air

‘Impossible’ Higgs boson measurement within reach, thanks to a detour

08/05/25

Sarah Charley

A team of young scientists paused their new physics searches to develop an innovative machine-learning tool, which is now helping them narrow in on a rare and messy decay of the Higgs boson.

Illustration of all of the Unusual Materials together

02/17/15

10 unusual detector materials

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

02/13/15

What’s new for LHC Run II

The Large Hadron Collider gears up for restart.

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.

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