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10/01/20

Defining the next decade of US particle physics

The “Snowmass” process seeks to identify the most promising questions to explore in future research.

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US physicists prioritize closer study of the Higgs

10/08/24

Kimberly Hickok

Physicists in the United States support the development of an off-shore Higgs Factory.

05/02/14

A tinkerer models a cosmic camera

An engineer at SLAC laboratory constructed a full-scale model of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's cryostat in his spare time.

05/01/14

Keeping things awesome on the Dark Energy Survey

Scientists stay inspired in their sometimes tedious task of inspecting photographs taken in the Dark Energy Survey’s ambitious cataloging of one-eighth of the sky.

04/28/14

Meet the next director of TRIUMF

In July, Johns Hopkins University physicist Jonathan Bagger will begin a six-year term as director of TRIUMF laboratory in Vancouver.

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04/25/14

Research abroad, CERN style

Students from US universities work on LHC experiments through a new research abroad program.

04/23/14

A ‘crack in the cosmic egg’

The recent BICEP2 discovery of evidence for cosmic inflation might point to new physics.

04/22/14

Documenting the development of discovery

Creating a compelling story about the search for the secrets of the universe in Particle Fever helped filmmaker Mark Levinson find his calling.

04/21/14

Tracking particles faster at the LHC

A new trigger system will expand what ATLAS scientists can look for during high-energy collisions at the Large Hadron Collider.

04/18/14

Is the universe balanced on a pinhead?

New precise measurements of the mass of the top quark bring back the question: Is our universe inherently unstable?

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