Read article 'New possibilities for particle physics with IceCube'
New possibilities for particle physics with IceCube
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has measured neutrino oscillations via atmospheric muon-neutrino disappearance.
Read article 'New possibilities for particle physics with IceCube'
Read article 'The experiment now known as DUNE'
The experiment now known as DUNE
The long-baseline neutrino experiment formerly known as LBNE has a new name: Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Served by an intense neutrino beam from Fermilab’s Long Baseline Neutrino Fa...
Read article 'Collaboration meets for the first FCC week'
Collaboration meets for the first FCC week
As many as 340 physicists, engineers, science managers and journalists gathered in Washington DC for the first annual meeting of the global Future Circular Collider (FCC) study. The FCC week covered ...
Read article 'First measurement of ionization potential casts light on ‘last’ actinide'
First measurement of ionization potential casts light on ‘last’ actinide
The quest for new heavy chemical elements is the subject of intense research, as the synthesis and identification of these new elements fill up empty boxes in the familiar Periodic Table.
Read article 'Dark-matter self-interactions are weak'
Dark-matter self-interactions are weak
Astronomers using observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have studied how dark matter in clusters of galaxies behaves when the clusters collid...
Read article 'The LHC: a machine in training'
The LHC: a machine in training
More than 10,000 tests need to be completed to prepare the LHC for a collision energy of 13 TeV.
Read article 'NUCLEON takes its place in space'
NUCLEON takes its place in space
On 13 January, less than three weeks after being launched into space, the NUCLEON satellite experiment was switched on to collect its first cosmic-ray events.
Read article 'LHCb gets a precise handle on sin 2β'
LHCb gets a precise handle on sin 2β
In the first week of March, at Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallée d’Aoste, La Thuile, the LHCb collaboration announced a precision measurement of CP (charge/parity) violation.
Read article 'ATLAS sets limits on anomalous quartic-gauge couplings'
ATLAS sets limits on anomalous quartic-gauge couplings
The ATLAS and CMS collaborations are now looking into deeper levels of Standard Model predictions by probing additional ways in which the gauge bosons interact with each other.
Read article 'CMS prepares to search for heavy top-quark partners in Run 2'
CMS prepares to search for heavy top-quark partners in Run 2
A variety of theories beyond the Standard Model attempt to address the hierarchy problem.
