ATLAS hunts for a new “soft” signature of the dark sector
The ATLAS Collaboration releases its first dedicated search for soft unclustered energy patterns (SUEPs) – an elusive possible…
ATLAS Collaboration Physicists Just Revealed the Discovery of an Entirely New Exotic Particle
Physicists with the ATLAS Collaboration report the first observation of an exotic new particle, which could help deepen…
ATLAS observes new Bc meson excited state
The ATLAS Collaboration reports the first observation of the Bc*+ meson – a new composite particle state containing…
Physicists May Be on the Verge of Discovering “New Physics” at CERN
Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have uncovered new hints that certain particle decays may not behave as…
Large Hadron Collider Experiments Hint at ‘Undiscovered Physics’ That Could Soon Overturn the Standard Model, Physicists Say
Physicists working with the famous Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, say recent experiments could…
New particle mass measurement deepens quantum mystery
Physicists have measured the mass of one of the universe’s basic building blocks, the W boson particle. The…
Physicists zero in on the mass of the fundamental W boson particle | MIT News
When fundamental particles are heavier or lighter than expected, physicists’ understanding of the universe can tip into the…
CERN Timepix chips fly to the Moon
Six Timepix chips developed at CERN will measure the radiation environment inside the spacecraft that will orbit the…
Near-miss particle encounters reveal hidden secrets of strong force
Deep inside every atom lies a restless world of quarks and gluons—the tiny building blocks that hold everything…
“Near-misses” in particle accelerators can illuminate new physics, study finds | MIT News
Particle accelerators reveal the heart of nuclear matter by smashing together atoms at close to the speed of…
ATLAS maps the top quark–Higgs boson interaction with multileptons
One of the central questions in particle physics is how fundamental particles acquire mass. The top quark, as…
World’s largest particle accelerator heats thousands of homes in France
The world’s largest particle accelerator has been supplying heat to thousands of homes in France since mid-January, in…