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10/03/17

Nobel recognizes gravitational wave discovery

Scientists Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for their roles in creating the LIGO experiment.

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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.

01/01/05

SESAME

Can a recycled synchrotron become an oasis of peace in the Middle East?

01/01/05

Smart scarecrow

"See, that's Albert Einstein!" / "Huh?" was the most common response from caramel-apple-wielding pre-school kids to their parents.

01/01/05

The growth of inflation

Twenty-five years after Alan Guth turned cosmology on its head, what’s the latest story of the universe’s first moments?

01/01/05

Virtual cake

Celebrating anniversaries of global organizations presents unique challenges and asks for creative solutions.

01/01/05

Sold on cold

Particle physics has chosen low-temperature superconducting technology for the International Linear Collider. What is "cold," and why have particle physicists lowered the temperature on a new accelerator?

11/01/04

Tau lepton

The discovery of an elementary particle that looked a lot like the electron, but had 3500 times its mass stunned most particle physicists three decades ago.

11/01/04

Seismic metal shoes

After waiting more than a year for safety and maintenance arrangements, sculptor Douglas Abdell's Kryeti-Aekyad set foot outside the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center's main auditorium on August 6.

11/01/04

Antimatter

Antimatter is matter’s natural counterpart.

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