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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.

Illustration of people in larger green offices vs one person in smaller pink office

07/03/18

Think big, go small

Nothing beats a small experiment for the breadth of experience it gives the scientist.

Illustration of dark matter, gravitons, and microscopic black holes (teal, purple, navy, mustard)

06/26/18

The LHC-watcher’s field guide

These are the event displays of Large Hadron Collider physicists’ dreams.

Pictures of muon neutrinos, like a pile of evidence. The magnifying glass highlights one tau neutrino, in a "class pictures"

06/19/18

Waiting for a sign

Some scientists spend decades trying to catch a glimpse of a rare process. But with good experimental design and a lot of luck, they often need only a handful of signals to make a discovery.