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Symmetry: The Rise of LIGO’s Space-Studying Super-Team
The era of multi-messenger astronomy promises rich rewards—and a steep learning curve.
Symmetry: African School Works to Develop Local Expertise
Universities in sub-Saharan Africa are teaming up to offer free training to students interested in fundamental physics.
Symmetry: A Speed Trap for Dark Matter, Revisited
A NASA rocket experiment could use the Doppler effect to look for signs of dark matter in mysterious X-ray emissions from space.
Symmetry: Another Year Wiser
In honor of Fermilab’s upcoming 50th birthday, Symmetry presents physics birthday cards.
Q&A: SLAC’s Vera Lüth Discusses the Search for New 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
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.
