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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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04/14/16

Five fascinating facts about DUNE

One: The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will look for more than just neutrinos.

04/12/16

Art draws out the beauty of physics

Labs around the world open their doors to aesthetic creation.

04/05/16

Six weighty facts about gravity

Perplexed by gravity? Don’t let it get you down.

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04/01/16

Belle II and the matter of antimatter

Go inside the new detector looking for why we’re here.

03/29/16

The Milky Way’s hot spot

The center of our galaxy is a busy place. But it might be one of the best sites to hunt for dark matter.

Illustration of computer monitor with split screen of colored block and the LHC

03/24/16

The next big LHC upgrade? Software.

Compatible and sustainable software could revolutionize high-energy physics research.

Photo of Edda Gschwendtner "ask symmetry"

03/22/16

Why are particle accelerators so large?

CERN physicist Edda Gschwendtner explains why we need big machines to study tiny particles.

03/16/16

Dusting for the fingerprint of inflation with BICEP3

A new experiment at the South Pole picks up where BICEP2 left off.

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