A gear-train for particle physics
Clockwork theory has been revived and reformulated by scientists from CERN to solve a difficult problem at the heart of particle physics.…
particle physics
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The INO story
The INO's is a great story but stands unfortunately to become a depressing parable at the moment – the biggest bug yet in a spider's web spun of bureaucracy and misinformation.…
Discussing some motivations behind a particle physics FAQ
Particle physics is in the middle of a quandary. Let's use it to catch up on all that we've missed.…
Hopes for a new particle at the LHC offset by call for more data
The data pointing at signs of a new particle isn't good enough to use yet.…
New LHC data has more of the same but could something be in the offing?
Run 2 results from the LHC show that QCD is scale-invariant – in keeping with the Standard Model prediction.…
A new particle to break the Standard Model?
The Wire July 2, 2015 Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider particle-smasher have unearthed data from an experiment conducted in 2012 that shows signs of a new particle. If confirmed, its discovery…
All goes well on LHC 2.0's first day back in action
It finally happened! The particle-smasher known as the Large Hadron Collider is back online after more than two years, during which its various components were upgraded to make it even meaner. A team…
The Large Hadron Collider is back online, ready to shift from the "what" of reality to "why"
The world’s single largest science experiment will restart on March 23 after a two-year break. Scientists and administrators at the European Organization for Nuclear Research – known by its French acr…
Why you should care about the mass of the top quark
In a paper published in Physical Review Letters on July 17, 2014, a team of American researchers reported the most precisely measured value yet of the mass of the top quark, the heaviest fundamental p…
The hunt for supersymmetry: Is a choke on the cards?
As scientists have progressed by leaps and bounds in making discoveries and confirming new ideas, they have been disappointed by how one of their favorite theories has been unable to post a positive status update in... years.…
An elusive detector for an elusive particle
The delay of a go-ahead from the Cabinet for an indigenously designed neutrino detector is demoralizing for scientists because it could turn investors away.…
The literature of metaphysics (or, 'Losing your marbles' )
For a while now, I’ve been intent on explaining stuff from particle physics. A lot of it is intuitive if you go beyond the mathematics and are ready to look at packets of energy as extremely small ma…