Matt von Hippel

Contributing Writer

Latest Articles

The S-Matrix Is the Oracle Physicists Turn To in Times of Crisis

May 23, 2024

Particle physicists in search of the next theory of reality are consulting a mathematical structure that they know will never fail: a table of possibilities known as the S-matrix.

Crucial Computer Program for Particle Physics at Risk of Obsolescence

December 1, 2022

Maintenance of the software that’s used for the hardest physics calculations rests almost entirely with a retiree. The situation reveals the problematic incentive structure of academia.