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Artistic representation of an asymmetric particle decay

01/30/17

Sign of a long-sought asymmetry

A result from the LHCb experiment shows what could be the first evidence of matter and antimatter baryons behaving differently.

Robot with wheels, an arm and a camera in the tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider

01/26/17

The robots of CERN

TIM and other mechanical friends tackle jobs humans shouldn’t.

01/25/17

Video: TIM robot at CERN

Woman coming out of sun shaped archway walking down runway in roller skates

01/24/17

Five extreme facts about neutron stars

Neutron stars have earned their share of superlatives since their discovery in 1967.

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.