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Q&A: SLAC’s Vera Lüth Discusses the Search for New Physics
Data from the BABAR, Belle and LHCb experiments hint at phenomena beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.
Symmetry: A Brief Etymology of Particle Physics
How did the proton, photon and other particles get their names?
Symmetry: First Results from Search for a Dark Light
The Heavy Photon Search at Jefferson Lab is looking for a hypothetical particle from a hidden “dark sector.”
Symmetry: LHC Swings Back into Action
Protons are colliding once again in the Large Hadron Collider.
Fermi Satellite Observes Billionth Gamma Ray with LAT Instrument
Sensitive gamma-ray “eye” on NASA’s Fermi space telescope continues to provide unprecedented views of violent phenomena in the cosmos.
Symmetry: Sterile Neutrino Search Hits Roadblock at Reactors
A new result from the Daya Bay collaboration reveals both limitations and strengths of experiments studying antineutrinos at nuclear reactors.
Symmetry: Did You See it?
Boston University physicist Tulika Bose explains why there's more than one large, general-purpose particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider.
Scales of Time
Explore the fourth dimension, from processes that occur in billions of years down to tiny slivers of a second.
Symmetry: Wizardly Neutrinos
Why can a neutrino pass through solid objects?
Symmetry: Physics Love Poems
Advance your romance with science.
