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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.

11/20/24

Researchers used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to map how nearly 6 million galaxies cluster across 11 billion years of cosmic history.

11/05/24

A physicist reflects on learning about a hidden figure whose research helped inspire her own.

10/29/24

Student scientist Olivia Valentino shares what it’s like to work on a dark matter detector thousands of feet underground.

10/22/24

Take a tour of the 17 national laboratories across the United States.

10/15/24

Michael Riordan has spent decades ruminating on the history of physics, including events he participated in himself.

10/08/24

Physicists in the United States support the development of an off-shore Higgs Factory.

10/01/24

Every November, students, teachers and scientists worldwide gather virtually to learn about Earth’s cosmic visitors.

09/24/24

The CMS and ATLAS experiments recently detected quantum entanglement between top quarks in high-energy collisions at the LHC. What does that mean?