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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.

08/11/14

New game trades clicks for physics discoveries

A group of students at CERN have created a computer game that makes particle physics research as addictive as Candy Crush Saga.

08/07/14

Science on demand

Brian Greene welcomes the Internet to physics class with World Science U.

Illustration of two people sitting back to back with computer screens, neutrino network

08/05/14

Neutrino researchers pull double duty

Neutrino researchers work collaboratively, sharing and comparing results to help advance the field of neutrino physics.

08/01/14

Using the Higgs boson to search for clues

The Higgs boson could be the tool that leads scientists to the next big discovery.

07/29/14

Partnership generates bright ideas for photon science

Photon science, a spin-off of particle physics, has returned to its roots for help developing better, faster detectors.

07/28/14

NOvA detector takes shape

Members of the NOvA neutrino experiment celebrated their progress with a visit to their massive detector in northern Minnesota.

07/24/14

How to weigh a galaxy cluster

The study of galaxy clusters is bringing scientists closer to an understanding of the “dark” universe.

07/22/14

Exploratorium exhibit reveals the invisible

A determined volunteer gives an old detector new life as the centerpiece of a cosmic ray exhibit.

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