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03/09/21
CERN Courier

Odderon discovered

The TOTEM collaboration at the LHC, in collaboration with the DZero collaboration at the former Tevatron collider at Fermilab, have announced the discovery of an elusive three-gluon state predicted almost 50 years ago.

02/24/21
Quanta

Decades-long quest reveals details of the proton’s inner antimatter

Twenty years ago, physicists set out to investigate a mysterious asymmetry in the proton’s interior. Their results, published today, show how antimatter helps stabilize every atom’s core.

02/24/21
Ars Technica

Lone high-energy neutrino likely came from shredded star in distant galaxy

The finding provides evidence that tidal disruption events can also be cosmic particle accelerators.

02/12/21
TRIUMF

Dr. Nigel Smith appointed as next Director of TRIUMF

Smith, executive director of SNOLAB, has been selected to serve as the next director of TRIUMF.  

02/05/21
Science

Postage stamp to honor female physicist who many say should have won the Nobel Prize

On 11 February, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the US Postal Service will issue a stamp commemorating Chien-Shiung Wu.

01/27/21
Science

The cloak-and-dagger tale behind this year’s most anticipated result in particle physics

The measures that g-2 experimenters are taking to ensure they don’t fool themselves into claiming a false discovery are the stuff of spy novels.

01/26/21

Snowmass summer study pushed to 2022

Organizers of the planning exercise that helps shape the future of US particle physics have moved its final workshop back by one year.

01/25/21
Quanta

Physicists study how universes might bubble up and collide

If our universe is a bubble that inflated inside a larger multiverse, it might bear scars from collisions with nearby bubbles.

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From the atmosphere to the underground

04/13/21
By Erin Lorraine Broberg

Read the travelogue of a xenon atom as it journeys from the air we breathe to a dark-matter detector a mile underground.

Illustration of Sal Fu She is shown as part of a connected network of scientists working on various projects
11/03/20

The human side of science

Sal Wanying Fu knows there’s more to science than numbers.

Illustration of a floating Japanese Maple leaf making waves in water
10/29/20

Japan’s KAGRA searches the sky for gravitational waves

The newly operational KAGRA will bump the number of gravitational-wave observatories to four, which will allow scientists to better triangulate the source of ripples in space-time.

Black in Physics
10/22/20

#BlackInPhysics week to build community, increase visibility

Taking place on Twitter and in webinars, #BlackInPhysics week features events geared toward Black physicists, the entire physics community and the general public.

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10/20/20

The many paths of muon math

Here’s how physicists calculate g-2, the value that will determine whether the muon is giving us a sign of new physics.

Illustration of LSST
10/13/20

A powerful new tool to study the cosmos

Rubin Observatory will bring new capabilities to the studies of dark matter and dark energy.

"Dark Distortions"
10/08/20

Imagining the unseen

An art exhibit at the Science Gallery Dublin combines art and science to illuminate the invisible nature of dark matter.

Brianna Mount, assistant professor of physics at Black Hills State University, at work.
10/06/20

Shh! These tests will enable a quieter search for dark matter

The LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration has published results showing radioactive background levels for experiment’s components, creating a library for future rare event searches.

Illustration of person looking behind doors labeled with scientific concepts
09/29/20

How big can a fundamental particle be?

Extremely massive fundamental particles could exist, but they would seriously mess with our understanding of quantum mechanics.

Illustration: a mirror image of a cat
09/22/20

Nature through the looking glass

Handedness—and the related concept of chirality—are double-sided ways of understanding how matter breaks symmetries.

"LHC Express" illustration of a train that looks like a vintage postcard
09/17/20

Parking the LHC proton train

Particle accelerators like the LHC require intricate beam dump systems to safely dispose of high-energy particles after each run.

The Neutrino Painter
09/15/20

The neutrino painter

In this stop-motion video, Symmetry writer Zack Savitsky imagines an artist whose supplies have taken on some of the properties of neutrinos.

A silver apparatus for the Mu2e experiment
09/10/20

A robot ballet

Humans and robots work together in a carefully choreographed dance for the Mu2e experiment.

Illustration of a neutron star
09/01/20

How big is a neutron star?

Astrophysicists are combining multiple methods to reveal the secrets of some of the weirdest objects in the universe.

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08/25/20

A bit of MAGIC

The MAGIC telescope’s first observation of a gamma-ray burst gave astronomers surprising new insight into the phenomenon.

Illustration of a particle collision resulting in a long-lived particle
08/18/20

Long-lived particles get their moment

Scientists on experiments at the LHC are redesigning their methods and building supplemental detectors to look for new particles that might be evading them.

Illustration of scientists studying books written in English
08/11/20

Physics in a second language

Three physicists share their experiences learning and communicating physics in a foreign language: English.

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