11/25/24 Ars Technica How physics moves from wild ideas to actual experiments Science often accommodates audacious proposals.
11/19/24 APS January 1928: The Dirac equation unifies quantum mechanics and special relativity A seminal paper by Paul Dirac, who relied on mathematical intuition, laid the foundation for quantum electrodynamics.
11/06/24 CERN CERN Council selects Mark Thomson as next Director-General, starting in 2026 The appointment will be formalized at the December session of the CERN Council and Thomson’s five-year mandate will begin on 1 January 2026.
11/01/24 Physics World A PhD in cups of espresso: how logging my coffee consumption helped me write my thesis Vittorio Aita explains that taking pride in the small things and finding a lighthearted way to track his progress—in cups of espresso—kept him going through his PhD thesis.
The quantum chase 11/26/24 Laura Dattaro Some friendly competition led up to the first discovery of entanglement at the Large Hadron Collider.
11/20/24 New DESI results weigh in on gravity Researchers used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to map how nearly 6 million galaxies cluster across 11 billion years of cosmic history.
11/05/24 Recognizing Rosemary Fowler A physicist reflects on learning about a hidden figure whose research helped inspire her own.
10/29/24 Dark Matter Day Q&A: Olivia Valentino Student scientist Olivia Valentino shares what it’s like to work on a dark matter detector thousands of feet underground.
10/22/24 From sea to scientific sea Take a tour of the 17 national laboratories across the United States.
10/15/24 A first-person view of physics history Michael Riordan has spent decades ruminating on the history of physics, including events he participated in himself.
10/08/24 US physicists prioritize closer study of the Higgs Physicists in the United States support the development of an off-shore Higgs Factory.
10/01/24 Students become scientists on International Cosmic Day Every November, students, teachers and scientists worldwide gather virtually to learn about Earth’s cosmic visitors.
09/24/24 Explain it in 60 Seconds: Quantum entanglement The CMS and ATLAS experiments recently detected quantum entanglement between top quarks in high-energy collisions at the LHC. What does that mean?
