03/28/19 Why LHC physics is like ‘Starcraft’ Video games and physics have more in common than you might think.
03/26/19 To PhD or not to PhD Respondents to Symmetry’s survey about what it’s like to earn a PhD in particle physics or astrophysics offer their views of the experience.
03/21/19 LHCb discovers matter-antimatter asymmetry in charm quarks A new observation by the LHCb experiment finds that charm quarks behave differently than their antiparticle counterparts.
03/19/19 ‘Entangle’ exhibit fuels imagination with physics A Swedish university tapped the founding director of CERN’s artist-in-residence program to curate a new art exhibit inspired by physics.
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03/14/19 The potential of plasma wakefield acceleration Scientists around the world are testing ways to further boost the power of particle accelerators while drastically shrinking their size.
03/12/19 Decolonizing science through sci comm Science writer Sibusiso Biyela aims to bring science back to South Africa’s Zulu communities.
03/07/19 Japan defers ILC decision In their latest meeting with scientists, the Japanese government declined to stake a claim to hosting the ILC.
03/05/19 A tiny new experiment at the LHC The story of the latest experiment approved for installation at the Large Hadron Collider starts with a theorist and a question about dark matter.
02/26/19 10 words that mean something different to physicists Some of this science sounds awfully familiar.
02/22/19 The bubble chamber sand mandala One sprinkle of sand at a time, two artists recreated the moment a particle passed through a detector 30 years earlier.
02/19/19 An astronomical data challenge The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will manage unprecedented volumes of data produced each night.
02/14/19 Taking a collider to the dark energy problem Every second, the universe grows a little bigger. Scientists are using the LHC to try to find out why.
02/12/19 A taste of particle physics For physicists Katy Grimm and Katharine Leney, science is a piece of cake.
02/05/19 Tenacious persistence Fermilab’s Liz Sexton-Kennedy talks to Symmetry about her lifelong drive to learn and how it led to her current role as Chief Information Officer for Fermilab.
01/30/19 Retired equipment lives on in new physics experiments Physicists often find thrifty, ingenious ways to reuse equipment and resources.