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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.

04/23/15

Extreme cold and shipwreck lead

Scientists have proven the concept of the CUORE experiment, which will study neutrinos with the world’s coldest detector and ancient lead.

04/16/15

Seeing the CMS experiment with new eyes

The wonders of particle physics serve as a springboard for a community-building arts initiative at Fermilab.

04/09/15

Seeing dark matter without seeing

Indirect detection experiments might be the key to discovering invisible dark matter.

04/07/15

Our flat universe

Not a curve in sight, as far as the eye can see.

03/18/15

Inside the CERN Control Centre

Take a tour of one of the most important rooms at CERN.

03/12/15

Einstein's most famous equation

You’ve heard of Einstein’s E=mc², but what does it mean?

03/11/15

Buying into physics

A scientist sets out to augment particle physics funding through crowdfunding.

03/05/15

A second chance at a PhD in physics

At each step on the path to a physics PhD, the percentage of students from underrepresented groups drops. The APS Bridge Program aims to fix that.

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