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Explain it in 60 seconds: High-Luminosity LHC

02/26/25

Sarah Charley

The upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider will allow scientists to better study known phenomena and to search for new ones.

06/16/14

The supersymmetric bet

Particle physicists playfully take sides over whether the Large Hadron Collider is likely to discover evidence of Supersymmetry.

06/10/14

Wave-particle duality

The concept of wave-particle duality ascribes two seemingly contradictory traits to a single object.

06/09/14

Science and diplomacy: Q&A with William Colglazier

The science and technology adviser to the US Secretary of State discusses how science and diplomacy can serve one another.

06/04/14

EXO experiment searches for exotic decay

The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay could reveal valuable information about neutrinos.

06/03/14

Beam on: My father’s fight with cancer

After working with particle accelerators his entire professional career, Heather Rock Woods’ father placed himself in the path of a beam to fight cancer.

06/02/14

More than math

MIT teaches physics students about another side of scientific life—communication.

05/29/14

Q&A: Rick Field, the physicist in the family

Physicist Rick Field discusses physics, Hollywood and a recent appearance by his sister, actress Sally Field, on the Late Show with David Letterman.

05/27/14

The physics of dance

Two Yale professors thrive where calculation meets choreography.

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