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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.

07/15/15

Miraculous WIMPs

What are WIMPs, and what makes them such popular dark matter candidates?

07/09/15

More data, no problem

Scientists are ready to handle the increased data of the current run of the Large Hadron Collider.

07/07/15

What is dark energy?

It’s everywhere. It will determine the fate of our universe. And we still have no idea what it is.

07/02/15

The wonderful thing about triggers

Physicist Jim Pivarski explains how particle detectors know when to record data.

06/30/15

How do you solve a puzzle like neutrinos?

When it comes to studying particles that zip through matter as though it weren’t even there, you use every method you can think of.

06/25/15

Exploring dark energy with robots

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will produce a 3-D space map using a ‘hive’ of robots.

06/23/15

Bringing neutrino research back to India

The India-based Neutrino Observatory will provide a home base for Indian particle physicists.

06/18/15

Mathematician to know: Emmy Noether

Noether's theorem is a thread woven into the fabric of the science.

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