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10/21/19

Scientists combine forces to study first light

Scientists are designing a next-generation experiment to map the Big Bang’s relic afterglow.

10/14/19

DUNE scientists see particle tracks with dual-phase technology

Scientists working at CERN have started tests of a new neutrino detector prototype that uses a promising technology called “dual phase.”

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Muons: Emblems of discovery

01/13/26

Diana Kwon

Once a surprise to physicists, these particles are useful tools inside and outside the realm of particle physics.

05/01/09

ATLAS shrunk

Carpenters working at particle physics labs are used to jobs their colleagues in private industry wouldn't dream of tackling.

05/01/09

Chasing charm in China

The flight plan of today's particle physicist can be a dizzying thing.

05/01/09

A desert quest for no-cell-phone zone

It seemed like a mirage: A shepherd holding a silver tea service crossing barren desert to quench the thirst of strangers.

05/01/09

In the swirling sea of thousands of people who contribute to a major particle physics experiment, how can a young physicist pop to the surface and get noticed? An international committee offers ideas.

05/01/09

Bowling for science

On what should be a sleepy Saturday at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the air is buzzing.

Illustration of a detector being manually lowered into a cavity

05/01/09

Sergio Cittolin: Channeling da Vinci

A physicist sketches science in the style of an old master.

05/01/09

Standard Model discoveries

Sixteen elementary types of particles form the basis for the theoretical framework known as the Standard Model of fundamental particles and forces. J.J.

05/01/09

Charm quark

The charm quark is a heavier cousin of the up and down quarks that make up much of the matter around us.

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