03/24/20
Only 1% of the mass of the proton comes from the Higgs field. ALICE scientists examine a process that could help explain the rest.
05/14/19
In their quest to discover physics beyond the Standard Model, physicists weigh the pros and cons of different search strategies.
04/11/19
A re-examination of a particle discovered in 2015 has scientists debating its true identity.
11/06/18
Quantum entanglement, doubted by Einstein, has passed increasingly stringent tests.
03/20/18
The bottom quark may lead physicists on a path to new discoveries.
02/27/18
When they look for violations of Einstein’s general relativity, physicists deliberately plan experiments to find nothing at all.
05/16/17
At a recent workshop on blind analysis, researchers discussed how to keep their expectations out of their results.
04/18/17
A new result from the LHCb experiment could be an early indicator of an inconsistency in the Standard Model.
03/28/17
Particle physics is a dance between theory and experiment.
02/14/17
Standard Model predictions align with the LHCb experiment’s observation of an uncommon decay.
12/20/16
Scientists furthered studies of the Higgs boson, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation and continued the search for undiscovered particles, forces and principles.
09/16/16
A theoretical species of particle might answer nearly every question about our cosmos—if scientists can find it.
08/26/16
Physicists exchanged cognac in Copenhagen at the conclusion of a bet about supersymmetry and the LHC.
08/05/16
Possible signs of new particle seem to have washed out in an influx of new data.
07/27/16
A result from an experiment in Hungary catches the attention of a group of theorists in the United States.
06/29/16
Researchers found four new particles made of the same four building blocks.
