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.
09/08/20
Sensors for the world’s largest digital camera have snapped their first 3200-megapixel images at SLAC.
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.
08/24/20
Scientists on an experiment at the Large Hadron Collider see massive W particles emerging from collisions with electromagnetic fields. How can this happen?
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.
08/13/20
Scientists know the Higgs boson interacts with extremely massive particles. Now, they’re starting to study how it interacts with lighter particles as well.
08/11/20
Three physicists share their experiences learning and communicating physics in a foreign language: English.
08/04/20
Even world-famous theorist Juan Maldacena wasn’t sure at first whether he should pursue a PhD in physics.
07/30/20
A study conducted by the TEAM-UP task force provides a road map for doubling the number of African Americans obtaining bachelor’s degrees in physics and astronomy.
07/28/20
No one knows for sure what dark matter is. But we know we need something to explain what we see in the universe, and we’ve crossed a few ideas off of our list.
07/21/20
What does it take to publish a scientific analysis in one of the world’s largest experiments?
07/14/20
A collaboration of the Americas aims to take the first pioneering images of low-energy neutrinos and provide new data to shed light on the mysterious identity of dark matter.
