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Machine learning and experiment

04/25/24

Sarah Charley

For more than 20 years in experimental particle physics and astrophysics, machine learning has been accelerating the pace of science, helping scientists tackle problems of greater and greater complexity.

Group photo of the members of the DUNE collaboration

08/24/17

Mega-collaborations for scientific discovery

DUNE joins the elite club of physics collaborations with more than 1000 members.

08/22/17

Expanding the search for dark matter

At a recent meeting, scientists shared ideas for searching for dark matter on the (relative) cheap.

Group photo of students and teachers involved in QuarkNet

08/16/17

QuarkNet takes on solar eclipse science

High school students nationwide will study the effects of the solar eclipse on cosmic rays.

Illustration of a cut-away view of the inside of the LZ detector

08/15/17

Dark matter hunt with LUX-ZEPLIN

A video from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory explains how the upcoming LZ experiment will search for the missing 85 percent of the matter in the universe.