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Curiouser and curiouser: a riddle at the ALICE detector

12/09/25

Sarah Charley

In 2023, the ALICE experiment was ready for their best year yet, until a mysterious signal threatened everything. As the LHC wraps up its 2025 lead-ion run, physicists recall how they worked together to solve the puzzle.

Illustration of "Your Wild Life" Huge variation in the microbes we carry microbes

11/15/13

Scribing science

A colorful note-taking technique offers a fresh perspective on complex science.

Illustration of Munir Muniruzzaman's chest in doctors coat, tie, and stethoscope

11/13/13

Scientist detects danger with physics

Munir Muniruzzaman has used his physics know-how to help in hospitals and war zones alike.

11/11/13

How to make CERN’s most delicious detector

Three University of Minnesota graduate students took their particle physics skills to the kitchen to create an edible model of the CMS detector, and symmetry has the recipe.

11/08/13

Ultra-high-energy neutrinos

Scientists on the IceCube experiment discovered two extraterrestrial neutrinos with energies higher than any neutrino anyone had detected before.

Illustration of two people playing with controllers on circular grid screen almost like pong

11/07/13

Computer tennis, anyone?

Brookhaven Lab’s 1958 innovation earns a prominent place in the history of video games.

Photo of KIPAC's dark matter visualization screened in front of an audience in the Hayden Planetarium

11/04/13

New planetarium show lights up the dark

Particle astrophysicists are helping illuminate the dark side of the universe for a new show at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

10/29/13

Contest - Why particle physics matters

Particle physicists give short explanations of why they do what they do. Vote for your favorite!

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10/29/13

Why particle physics matters

Particle physics has revolutionized the way we look at the universe. Along the way, it’s made significant impacts on other fields of science, improved daily life for people around the world and trained a new generation of scientists and computing professionals.

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