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Stefan Ulmer, spokesperson of BASE collaboration, points at a screen with data about a 405-day-old antiproton

01/19/17

Matter-antimatter mystery remains unsolved

Measuring with high precision, physicists at CERN found a property of antiprotons perfectly mirrored that of protons.

Left: Hand dropping coin into large piggy bank Right: People walking out of piggy bank

01/17/17

The value of basic research

How can we measure the worth of scientific knowledge? Economic analysts give it a shot.

01/13/17

Video: STOMP at CERN

STOMP performers drum on a retired LHC cavity

01/13/17

STOMP visits CERN

A group known for making music with everyday objects recently got their hands on some extraordinary props.

A simulation of stars against a black background

01/12/17

Twinkle, twinkle, little supernova

Using Twinkles, the new simulation of images of our night sky, scientists get ready for a gigantic cosmological survey unlike any before.

Illustration of two neutrinos on guess my weight scales, third one about to get on

01/10/17

How heavy is a neutrino?

The question is more complicated than it seems.

01/06/17

CERN ramps up neutrino program

The research center aims to test two large prototype detectors for the DUNE experiment.

01/05/17

Anything to declare?

Sometimes being a physicist means giving detector parts the window seat.

Scientists searching for undiscovered particles

12/20/16

2016 year in particle physics

Scientists furthered studies of the Higgs boson, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation and continued the search for undiscovered particles, forces and principles.

12/16/16

The ABCs of Particle Physics board book

The ABCs of Particle Physics is available online and at public libraries and stores near Fermilab and SLAC.

12/15/16

Physics books of 2016

As 2016 comes to a close, Symmetry writer Mike Perricone takes us through the latest additions to his collection of popular science books related to particle physics.

12/13/16

Science with sprinkles

Holiday guests will gravitate toward these physics cookies.

12/09/16

SESAME to open in 2017

The first synchrotron radiation source in the Middle East is running tests before its planned 2017 start.

Researchers Make Progress in the Hunt for Dark Matter Through Space Station Particle Detector

12/08/16

A syllabus in cosmic rays

What have scientists learned in five years of studying cosmic rays with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment?

12/06/16

Deep learning takes on physics

Can the same type of technology Facebook uses to recognize faces also recognize particles?

12/02/16

Viewing our turbulent universe

Construction has begun for the CTA, a discovery machine that will study the highest energy objects and events across the entire sky.