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06/23/14

Higgs boson shows scientists new tricks

A new result from the Large Hadron Collider strengthens the case that the Higgs interacts with both types of particles in the Standard Model.

06/12/14

Researchers imagine the accelerators of the future

At the LHC Physics Conference in New York, experts looked to the next steps in collider physics.

05/30/14

A new heart for the ATLAS detector

US scientists collaborated with an international team to install a new component in the core of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

05/27/14

The physics of dance

Two Yale professors thrive where calculation meets choreography.

05/16/14

The search for dark matter at the LHC

When the Large Hadron Collider restarts, it will be an even more powerful dark-matter-hunting machine.

05/09/14

Science fiction or science fact?

In a new class at Duke University, professors from different realms explore the intersection of literature and physics.

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.

03/19/14

LHC and Tevatron share first joint result

An international team of scientists from Fermilab’s Tevatron and CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has produced the world’s best value for the mass of the top quark.

03/04/14

There’s an app for that

From arcade-style fun to sophisticated simulations, these mobile downloads can supply your physics fix.

03/03/14

‘Particle Fever’ opens in the US

Particle Fever, a documentary that follows scientists involved in research at the Large Hadron Collider, opens this week in select theaters across the United States.

02/27/14

CERN challenges students to design experiment

Groups of high school students from around the world are competing to win the chance to conduct a particle physics experiment at CERN.

Illustration of twitter birds moving in atom movement that says "Physicists To Follow On Twitter"

01/31/14

#FollowFriday III: Physicists to follow on Twitter

Meet four more physicists who talk about their work on Twitter in symmetry’s third installment of #FollowFriday.

01/23/14

Labs work together toward high-luminosity LHC

Scientists who need to test parts for experiments at the Large Hadron Collider are taking advantage of Fermilab's Test Beam Facility.

01/14/14

Learn like a scientist

CERN’s ATLAS experiment helps inspire a high school physics teacher to give students a more authentic research experience.

01/06/14

Physicists harness the power of probability

What do the stock market, weather models and the discovery of the Higgs boson all have in common? They all are deeply indebted to statistics.

12/11/13

Exhibit brings the LHC to London

Visitors to London’s Science Museum can now take a simulated tour of CERN and the Large Hadron Collider.