Something borrowed November 7, 2017 | Troy Rummler SLAC engineer Knut Skarpaas designs some of physics’ most challenging machines, finding inspiration in unexpected places.
An international celebration of dark matter November 6, 2017 | Kathryn Jepsen Around the world, scientists and nonscientists alike celebrated the first international Dark Matter Day.
How is the Force like dark matter? October 31, 2017 For Dark Matter Day, scientist and Star Wars fan Dan McKinsey talks dark matter and the Force.
CERN alumna turned deep-sea explorer October 26, 2017 | Sarah Charley Grace C. Young is fascinated by fundamental questions about realms both quantum and undersea.
Speak physics: What is a cross section? October 24, 2017 | Oscar Miyamoto Cross sections tell physicists how likely particles are to interact in a given way.
Scientists make rare achievement in study of antimatter October 20, 2017 | Kimber Price Through hard work, ingenuity and a little cooperation from nature, scientists on the BASE experiment vastly improved their measurement of a property of protons and antiprotons.
Scientists observe first verified neutron star collision October 16, 2017 | Sarah Charley For the first time, experiments have seen both light and gravitational waves released by a single celestial crash.
Xenon takes a turn in the LHC October 13, 2017 | Sarah Charley For the first time, the Large Hadron Collider is accelerating xenon nuclei for experiments.
A play in parallel universes October 10, 2017 | Kathryn Jepsen Constellations illustrates the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics — with a love story.
A radio for dark matter October 5, 2017 | Manuel Gnida Instead of searching for dark matter particles, a new device will search for dark matter waves.