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
Don’t call it toponium 04/01/25 Sarah Charley A large and unexpected excess of top quark pairs has the physics community excited, but the interpretation is still up for debate.
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.
10/13/14 Q&A: Katherine Freese The new director of the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics talks neutrinos, women in science, and the hunt for dark matter.
10/10/14 ‘CERN People’ tells it like it is A new video series about scientists at CERN pulls back the curtain on what it’s like to be a physicist during a pivotal time in the field.