Science students, why did you choose basic research?
What about it excites you? Frustrates you? Keeps you awake—or makes you want to stay awake—all night? PBS wants to know.
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.