11/10/20
Nearly 75 years after the puzzling first detection of the kaon, scientists are still looking to the particle for hints of physics beyond their current understanding.
11/03/20
Sal Wanying Fu knows there’s more to science than numbers.
10/29/20
The newly operational KAGRA will bump the number of gravitational-wave observatories to four, which will allow scientists to better triangulate the source of ripples in space-time.
10/22/20
Taking place on Twitter and in webinars, #BlackInPhysics week features events geared toward Black physicists, the entire physics community and the general public.
10/20/20
Here’s how physicists calculate g-2, the value that will determine whether the muon is giving us a sign of new physics.
10/13/20
Rubin Observatory will bring new capabilities to the studies of dark matter and dark energy.
10/08/20
An art exhibit at the Science Gallery Dublin combines art and science to illuminate the invisible nature of dark matter.
10/06/20
The LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration has published results showing radioactive background levels for experiment’s components, creating a library for future rare event searches.
09/29/20
Extremely massive fundamental particles could exist, but they would seriously mess with our understanding of quantum mechanics.
09/22/20
Handedness—and the related concept of chirality—are double-sided ways of understanding how matter breaks symmetries.
09/17/20
Particle accelerators like the LHC require intricate beam dump systems to safely dispose of high-energy particles after each run.
09/15/20
In this stop-motion video, Symmetry writer Zack Savitsky imagines an artist whose supplies have taken on some of the properties of neutrinos.
09/10/20
Humans and robots work together in a carefully choreographed dance for the Mu2e experiment.
09/01/20
Astrophysicists are combining multiple methods to reveal the secrets of some of the weirdest objects in the universe.
08/25/20
The MAGIC telescope’s first observation of a gamma-ray burst gave astronomers surprising new insight into the phenomenon.
08/18/20
Scientists on experiments at the LHC are redesigning their methods and building supplemental detectors to look for new particles that might be evading them.
