As a physicist working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, one of the most frequent questions I am asked is, “When are you going to find something?” Resisting the temptation to sarcastically ...
As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one of the many Americans pulling their winter jackets out of the closet.
After a decade-long analysis, a collaboration of physicists has made the most precise measurement of the mass of a key particle – and it may unravel physics as we know it. The new measurement differs ...
Physicists spotted a “terribly exciting” new black hole, doubled down on weakening dark energy, and debated the meaning of ...
Rochester Institute of Technology will begin offering a new Ph.D. in the fall of 2024 that is designed to prepare graduates to extend the frontiers of fundamental scientific knowledge and develop new ...
A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.
The CMS experiment is developing a new type of trigger that looks for anomalies. As far back as he can remember, Abhijith Gandrakota has felt a natural pull toward physics. “For me, it’s a fundamental ...
Javier Duarte kicked off his scientific career by witnessing the biggest particle physics event in decades. On July 4, 2012, scientists at the laboratory CERN near Geneva announced the discovery of ...
November 1919: Members of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society convened in London to discuss the results of observations of a recent solar eclipse. They were searching for something ...
Gran Turismo 7‘s latest update is out, but its reworked physics engine isn’t behaving quite as intended. And the results are kind of hilarious. In addition to a new track, six new cars, and Michelin ...