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03/07/14
Physics

Neutrinos are brighter at night

The solar neutrino signal from a Japanese detector is slightly stronger at night because neutrinos traveling through the Earth behave differently than those that reach us directly from the Sun.

03/06/14
NPR

The scientist who makes stars on Earth

Astrophysicists at Sandia National Lab recreate the conditions on a white dwarf star—only for a few nanoseconds, but still, enough to study.

03/05/14
New York Times

To scientists in pursuit, a bit of matter is no small matter

A description of “Particle Fever”—Mark Levinson’s mind-blowing new documentary—must grapple with some issues of scale. This is a modest, compact movie about the largest imaginable subject: the structure of the cosmos.

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ALICE with one door open

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.