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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.

10/12/16

A new project pairs volunteers and machine learning to sort through data from LIGO.

10/11/16

Physicists and geologists are forming a new partnership to study particles from inside the planet.

10/04/16

Computer simulations help cosmologists unlock the mystery of how the universe evolved.

09/27/16

I do not think it means what you think it means.

09/21/16

The proposed International Linear Collider has a fuzzy new ally.

09/16/16

A theoretical species of particle might answer nearly every question about our cosmos—if scientists can find it.

09/13/16

Many theories predict the existence of magnetic monopoles, but experiments have yet to see them.

09/09/16

What can the surprisingly huge mass of the black holes detected by LIGO tell us about dark matter and the early universe?