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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.

08/29/17

The dance of the particles

In collaboration with a scientist, an Iranian dancer is working to communicate the beauty of particle physics through dance.

Group photo of the members of the DUNE collaboration

08/24/17

Mega-collaborations for scientific discovery

DUNE joins the elite club of physics collaborations with more than 1000 members.

08/22/17

Expanding the search for dark matter

At a recent meeting, scientists shared ideas for searching for dark matter on the (relative) cheap.

Group photo of students and teachers involved in QuarkNet

08/16/17

QuarkNet takes on solar eclipse science

High school students nationwide will study the effects of the solar eclipse on cosmic rays.

Illustration of a cut-away view of the inside of the LZ detector

08/15/17

Dark matter hunt with LUX-ZEPLIN

A video from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory explains how the upcoming LZ experiment will search for the missing 85 percent of the matter in the universe.

Scientists in laser safety goggles work in a laser lab

08/10/17

Think FAST

The new Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology facility at Fermilab looks to the future of accelerator science.

From left: SLAC's Tsuguo Aramak, Paul Brink and Mike Racine are performing final adjustments to the SuperCDMS SNOLAB engineering

08/08/17

A new search for dark matter 6800 feet underground

Prototype tests of the future SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment are in full swing.

133 dishes across the Great Karoo, 400,000 square kilometer

08/01/17

Tuning in for science

The sprawling Square Kilometer Array radio telescope hunts signals from one of the quietest places on earth.

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