The SciencesApril 3, 2007
Particle Collider Magnet Failure Blamed on Faulty Engineering
Experts are still weighing whether the hitch will delay the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider
The SciencesMarch 1, 2007
Alone at the Top
Closer to god: fermilab makes solo top quarks
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TechnologyJanuary 16, 2007
String Theory's Extra Dimensions Must Be Less Than Half the Width of a Human Hair
Tabletop experiment puts new limits on string theory
TechnologyDecember 25, 2006
Largest Superconducting Magnet
This November European researchers declared the world's largest superconducting magnet, called the Barrel Toroid, "ready for physics" when the Large Hadron Collider, the world's next top particle smasher, turns on next year in Geneva.
The SciencesAugust 1, 2006
The Geometer of Particle Physics
Alain Connes's noncommutative geometry offers an alternative to string theory. In fact, being directly testable, it may be better than string theory
The SciencesJuly 31, 2006
The Neutrino Frontier
At fermilab, particle smashing yields to flavor changing
The SciencesApril 1, 2006
The Collider Calamity
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2006
Plasma Accelerators
A new method of particle acceleration in which the particles "surf" on a wave of plasma promises to unleash a wealth of applications
The SciencesJanuary 30, 2006
Extra dimensional theories are claimed to work in 10 or 11 dimensions. Why these numbers and not, say, 42?
The SciencesMay 1, 2005
Quantum Black Holes
Physicists could soon be creating black holes in the laboratory
The SciencesNovember 28, 2004
Back to the Future
Physicists gaze into the crystal ball
The SciencesApril 19, 2004
Shattered Glass
Seeking the densest matter: the color glass condensate