Ashley WennersHerron
April 2013
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April 30, 2013breaking: Matter, antimatter, we all fall down—right?Scientists perform the first direct investigation into how antimatter interacts with gravity.
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April 16, 2013breaking: LHC passes ‘ping-pong ball’ testPhysicists send an ultra-clean, miniature ping-pong ball through part of the Large Hadron Collider beam pipe to test for hidden defects.
March 2013
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March 22, 2013signal to background: Great minds lauded at physics prize ceremonyA crowd full of stars from the field of particle physics—along with one from Hollywood—celebrated recent achievements.
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March 1, 2013breaking: Passing the torch at ATLASUniversity of Birmingham physicist Dave Charlton takes over from Fabiola Gianotti as the new spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment.
February 2013
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February 1, 2013breaking: Priorities in particle physicsA first draft of the European Strategy for Particle Physics places emphasis on research at the Large Hadron Collider.
January 2013
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January 25, 2013breaking: We are all made of star stuff, thanks to the WPhysicists announced 30 years ago the discovery of the W boson, a particle that remains an important topic of research.
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January 21, 2013breaking: A bullet through an applePhysicists have begun the first full run of proton-lead collisions in the Large Hadron Collider to learn more about the beginning of our universe.
November 2012
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November 30, 2012signal to background: Physics education program QuarkNet develops global reachA professional development program created in the United States to help teachers explain particle physics has caught on across the world.
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November 15, 2012breaking: New particle-like structure confirmed at the LHCScientists at the CMS experiment at CERN have spotted an exotic combination of particles previously observed in the CDF experiment at Fermilab.
September 2012
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September 24, 2012breaking: DOE advances US ATLAS, US CMS detector upgrade plansThe Department of Energy has given its first stage of approval for plans for the United States to participate in detector upgrades at the Large Hadron Collider.
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September 18, 2012breaking: ATLAS collaboration gains real recognition for virtual visits programA jury of 30 experts judged the ATLAS Virtual Visits program as the top online event of 2012 in European public relations and communication.
August 2012
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August 1, 2012signal to background: Virtual touristAbout 80,000 people visit the Large Hadron Collider each year. Now, thanks to the Web, thousands more can make the visit—without ever leaving their hometowns.
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August 1, 2012deconstruction: Big dataBig science takes both big data and big cooperation. For the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, storing, analyzing and accessing 25 petabytes of data each year requires a worldwide effort that spans more than 100 institutions in 36 countries. Here’s how it works.
