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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.

01/22/15

DECam’s nearby discoveries

The Dark Energy Camera does more than its name would lead you to believe.

01/20/15

How to build your own particle detector

Make a cloud chamber and watch fundamental particles zip through your living room!

01/13/15

Dark horse of the dark matter hunt

Dark matter might be made up of a type of particle not many scientists are looking for: the axion.

01/12/15

Mirror, mirror

After more than six years of grinding and polishing, the first-ever dual-surface mirror for a major telescope is complete.

01/08/15

Transition edge sensors

An update to technology more than a century old might be key to making the next big discovery in particle physics.

01/07/15

Shh! DEAP is hunting dark matter

How far will scientists go to cut through the noise in search of a subtle signal?

12/18/14

Physicist turned carbon-catcher

Particle physics inspires Arizona State University professor Klaus Lackner's work on climate change.

12/16/14

Deck the halls with Nobel physicists

Symmetry presents a physics twist on the craft of cutting paper snowflakes.

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