07/21/14 Helping cancer treatment hit its mark A prototype CT scanner could improve targeting accuracy in proton therapy treatment.
07/18/14 Scientists set aside rivalry to preserve knowledge Scientists from two experiments have banded together to create a single comprehensive record of their work for scientific posterity.
07/16/14 Science inspires at Sanford Lab’s Neutrino Day Science was the star at an annual celebration in Lead, South Dakota.
07/15/14 The machine learning community takes on the Higgs Detecting new physics isn’t quite like detecting cat videos—yet.
07/11/14 US reveals its next generation of dark matter experiments Together, the three experiments will search for a variety of types of dark matter particles.
07/08/14 A physicist in the neurobiology lab After 10 years as a theoretical particle physicist, Larry Abbott discovered a new passion.
07/04/14 What’s next for Higgs boson research? Two years after the groundbreaking discovery of the Higgs boson, physicists are still hard at work.
07/03/14 Physicist shares do-it-yourself expertise online SLAC scientist Michael Kelsey sees connections between the communities of physicists and do-it-yourselfers.
07/01/14 Waiting for supernova Catching a nearby supernova would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience that could give scientists a glimpse into physics they could never recreate on Earth.
06/27/14 Getting the jump on big data for LSST Efforts are already underway to ensure that the data the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope collects will be ready to be mined for scientific gold.
06/26/14 Measuring the lifetime of the Higgs boson Scientists are looking for new ways to determine the quick-as-a-thought lifetime of the Higgs boson, which could point the way to new physics.
Video URL 06/24/14 Video: Magnetic field recording This magnetic field recording shows the right hemisphere of the brain while the tip of the left index finger is being tapped.
06/24/14 Computing power for all The Open Science Grid enables faster, more efficient analysis of LHC data—and also contributes to advancements in fields from geology to medicine.
06/24/14 Massive neutrino detector moved into place The 30-ton MicroBooNE detector, the cornerstone of Fermilab’s short-baseline neutrino program, will see neutrinos this year.
06/23/14 Higgs boson shows scientists new tricks A new result from the Large Hadron Collider strengthens the case that the Higgs interacts with both types of particles in the Standard Model.