particle physics
NOvA Experiment Nabs Its First Neutrinos
Neutrinos are some of the most abundant, curious, and elusive critters in particle physics. Incredibly lightweight -- nigh massless, according…
Space Station Detector Finds Extra Antimatter in Space, Maybe Dark Matter
The first results from the largest and most complex scientific instrument on board the International Space Station has provided tantalizing…
The Higgs Boson in One Minute… or Two…
If you're still scratching your head, trying to figure out all the Higgs Boson news, the great folks from MinutePhysics…
Ping-Pong Particles: What the Higgs Does
Unless you've been hiding under a chondrite for the past week you've heard the news from CERN regarding the discovery…
Higgs-like Particle Discovered at CERN
Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have announced the discovery of what they called a “Higgs-like boson” --…
Polar Telescope Casts New Light On Dark Energy And Neutrino Mass
[/caption] Located at the southermost point on Earth, the 280-ton, 10-meter-wide South Pole Telescope has helped astronomers unravel the nature…
Particle Physicists Put the Squeeze on the Higgs Boson; Look for Conclusive Results in 2012
[/caption] With “freshly squeezed” plots from the latest data garnered by two particle physics experiments, teams of scientists from the…
Neutrinos Still Breaking Speed Limits
[/caption] New test results are in from OPERA and it seems those darn neutrinos, they just can't keep their speed…
Large Hadron Collider Finishes 2011 Proton Run
[/caption] The world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator has been busy. At 5:15 p.m. on October 30, 2011, the Large…
Q&A with Brian Cox, part 1: Recent Hints of the Higgs
[/caption] At two separate conferences in July, particle physicists announced some provoking news about the Higgs boson, and while the…