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TIM and other mechanical friends tackle jobs humans shouldn’t.

A group known for making music with everyday objects recently got their hands on some extraordinary props.

U.S.-CERN partnership takes on the mystery of neutrinos.

Sometimes being a physicist means giving detector parts the window seat.

From Chicago Tribune, Sept. 1, 2016: There is little as exhilarating in science as a group of really smart people slapping their foreheads and admitting, hey, we got it wrong. Sorry, our bad.

From Nature, Aug. 19, 2016: The next steps for particle physics now seem less certain, as discussions at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) suggest. Much hinges on whether the LHC unearths phenomena that fall outside the standard model of particle physics and whether China’s plans to build an LHC successor move forward.

What’s it like to be part of an experiment collaboration in the weeks and days before a big announcement?

CERN’s Director General is enthusiastic about the progress and prospects of the LHC research program, but it’s not the only thing on her plate.

From CERN Courier, July 8, 2016: Established in 2013 following recommendations from the European Strategy document, the CERN Neutrino Platform ensures Europe’s participation in next-generation long- and short-baseline neutrino experiments in Japan and the United States

Researchers found four new particles made of the same four building blocks.