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particle physics

How the Hidden Higgs Could Reveal Our Universe’s Dark Sector

By Bob Henderson
September 26, 2017
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The universe has not cooperated with physicists’ hopes. In desperation, many are looking for new ways to search for surprises at the Large Hadron Collider.

Janet Conrad
Thinking Places

Janet Conrad, Seeker of Neutrinos and Other Curiosities

By Michael Moyer +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
August 21, 2017
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The physicist and curios collector hopes to reveal the hidden structure lurking in the subatomic world.

Helen Quinn and Roberto Peccei at Stanford University
Thinking Places

Roberto Peccei and Helen Quinn, Driving Around Stanford in a Clunky Jeep

By Thomas Lin +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
June 15, 2017
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The two physicists who introduced Peccei-Quinn symmetry came up with their idea on and around Stanford University’s campus 40 years ago.

Dark matter superfluid
dark matter

Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid

By Jennifer Ouellette
June 13, 2017
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A different kind of dark matter could help to resolve an old celestial conundrum.

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Grand Unification Dream Kept at Bay

By Natalie Wolchover
December 15, 2016
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Physicists have failed to find disintegrating protons, throwing into limbo the beloved theory that the forces of nature were unified at the beginning of time.

Janet Conrad by Kayana Szymczak
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On a Hunt for a Ghost of a Particle

By Maggie McKee
December 8, 2016
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Janet Conrad has a plan to catch the sterile neutrino — an elusive particle, possibly glimpsed by a number of experiments, that would upend what we know about the subatomic world.

mathematical physics

Strange Numbers Found in Particle Collisions

By Kevin Hartnett
November 15, 2016
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An unexpected connection has emerged between the results of physics experiments and an important, seemingly unrelated set of numbers in pure mathematics.

Pencils Down: Experiments in Education

A Wormhole Between Physics and Education

By Thomas Lin
October 18, 2016
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The theoretical particle physicist Helen Quinn has blazed a singular path from the early days of the Standard Model to the latest overhaul of science education in the United States.

Signatories of a bet placed in 2011.
Abstractions blog

Supersymmetry Bet Settled With Cognac

By Natalie Wolchover
August 22, 2016
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The absence of supersymmetry particles at the Large Hadron Collider has settled a 16-year-old bet among physicists.


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