The SciencesJune 27, 2012
30 under 30: Searching for the Higgs Boson
Meet Alexander Mott, 24, one of the up-and-coming physicists attending this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Large Hadron Collider
The SciencesJune 12, 2012
30 under 30: A Teenage Pilot and Aspiring Physicist
Meet Sabrina Pasterski, 19, one of the up-and-coming physicists attending this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
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TechnologyMay 4, 2012
Pile-Up of Particles Could Obscure Higgs Finding at Large Hadron Collider
Physicists are rewriting computer code so that detectors can cope with and triage data from the hundreds of millions of collisions that occur every second
The SciencesMay 1, 2012
New "Beauty Baryon" Particle Discovered at Large Hadron Collider
It's just the second new particle to be discovered at the atom smasher where physicists also seek the elusive Higgs boson particle
February 27, 2012
"Time Crystals" Could Be a Legitimate Form of Perpetual Motion
Physicists explore the concept that cold states of matter can form repeated patterns in time
The SciencesFebruary 7, 2012
Signal for Higgs Boson Particle Gains Strength
The latest analyses from the Large Hadron Collider boost the case for the particle's existence, but there's no new data
Space & PhysicsFebruary 1, 2012
Is Space Digital?
An experiment going up outside of Chicago will attempt to measure the intimate connections among information, matter and spacetime. If it works, it could rewrite the rules for 21st-century physics
The SciencesJanuary 3, 2012
Key Findings on Higgs Boson, Alzheimer's Drugs, Lake Vostok Set to Emerge in 2012
A look ahead also points to what might be the first commercial firm to fly an unmanned cargo craft to the International Space Station and the first useful artificial genome
The SciencesDecember 22, 2011
The Top 10 Science Stories of 2011
Tsunami-damaged nuclear reactors, Twitter-fueled political uprisings, a possible violation of Einsteinian physics--these and other highlights defined this year in science and technology
The SciencesDecember 13, 2011
Tantalizing Hints of Elusive Higgs Particle Announced [Update]
The long-sought Higgs boson is tied to the leading theory of how quarks, electrons and other particles get their mass
The SciencesDecember 13, 2011
Demystifying the Higgs Results: A Panel Discussion for the General Public [Video]
This video is a replay of a live-stream event that took place on December 13 at the Perimeter Institute
The SciencesDecember 8, 2011
Has the Higgs Been Discovered? Physicists Gear Up for Watershed Announcement
Rumors are flying about a December 13 update on the search for the long-sought Higgs boson at Europe's Large Hadron Collider