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…
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…
CERN’s Future Circular Collider project gets $1 billion funding
In a historic first for the laboratory, CERN has received $1 billion in private donations to support the…
The Large Hadron Collider Is Being Shut Down
The Large Hadron Collider is going to be shut down — not permanently, but for a pretty long…
Tech Billionaires Pledge $1 Billion to CERN for Future Circular Collider
Tech billionaires have pledged as much as €860 million ($1 billion) to help fund CERN’s Future Circular Collider,…
Transforming sensitivity to new physics with single-top-quark events
The top quark, the heaviest known elementary particle, has captivated physicists since its discovery in the 1990s and…
Scientists observe single top quark with W, Z bosons for first time
Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have detected a phenomenon that happens only every trillion proton collisions,…
Shining light on the Weak force: ATLAS observes WWγ production
The ATLAS Collaboration reports its first observation of WWγ production – a rare process involving the simultaneous production…