Particle physics in the United States
More than 150 US universities and laboratories are engaged in particle physics research and technology innovation, playing important roles in the Higgs boson and cosmic inflation discoveries—and the...
View ArticleScientists to map universe in 3-D HD
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will create the clearest three-dimensional map yet of one-third of the sky.Maps do more than tell us where we are. Rich with information elegantly arranged,...
View ArticleProposed plan for the future of US particle physics
The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s report recommends a strategic path forward for US particle physics.Particle physics will become even more of an international endeavor in the coming...
View ArticleA new heart for the ATLAS detector
US scientists collaborated with an international team to install a new component in the core of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.The Large Hadron Collider’s biggest detector, the ATLAS...
View ArticleBeam on: My father’s fight with cancer
After working with particle accelerators his entire professional career, Heather Rock Woods’ father placed himself in the path of a beam to fight cancer.The door swung shut automatically and the sign...
View ArticleResearchers imagine the accelerators of the future
At the LHC Physics Conference in New York, experts looked to the next steps in collider physics.In the late 1800s, many scientists thought that the major laws of physics had been discovered—that all...
View ArticleA whole-Earth approach
Ecologist John Harte applies principles from his former life as a physicist to his work trying to save the planet.Each summer for the past 25 years, ecologist John Harte has spent his mornings in a...
View ArticleA telescope that tells you when to look up
The LSST system will alert scientists to changes in space in near-real time.A massive digital camera will begin taking detailed snapshots from a mountaintop telescope in Chile in 2021. In just a few...
View ArticleThe universe at your fingertips
Raw images from the DECam Legacy Survey’s new image archive will appear online the day after they are taken.When it was time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Star Wars trilogy, director George...
View ArticleLHC physicists preserve Native American voices
Physicists are using LHC detector technology to retrieve Native American music from old recordings.Berkeley physicist Carl Haber listened in astonishment as the first notes of the 1950s hit “Goodnight...
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