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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.

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10/11/16

Recruiting team geoneutrino

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

10/04/16

Creating the universe in a computer

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

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09/27/16

You keep using that physics word

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

09/21/16

Small cat, big science

The proposed International Linear Collider has a fuzzy new ally.

09/16/16

The secret lives of long-lived particles

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

Scientist looking at map for the truest north

09/13/16

The hunt for the truest north

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

09/09/16

A tale of two black holes

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

Solar system with microphone mobile with stars in background

09/06/16

Turning on the cosmic microphone

A new tool lets astronomers listen to the universe for the first time.

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