Scientists Model the "Flicker" of Gluons in Subatomic Smashups
Model identifies fluctuations in the glue-like particles that bind quarks within protons as essential to explaining experimental data on proton structure
Large Hadron Collider
After a Half Century, the Exotic Pentaquark Particle is Found
The pentaquark was detected at the LHC by scientists carrying out the "beauty" experiment
Pilot Project Helps Tackle Torrent of LHC's Full-Energy Collision Data
Workload handling software has broad potential to maximize use of available supercomputing resources.
LHC Experiments Back in Business at Record Energy
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) started delivering physics data on June 3 for the first time in 27 months.
Two Large Hadron Collider Experiments First to Observe Rare Subatomic Process
Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, have combined their results and observed a previously unseen subatomic process.
U.S. Scientists Celebrate the Restart of the Large Hadron Collider
Earlier on April 5, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator began its second act. After two years of upgrades and repairs, proton beams once again circulated around the Large Hadron Collider, located at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland.
The Wild West of Physics
The next frontier in physics may require teeny-tiny answers to big questions, and vice versa.
'Particle Fever' wins Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award in Journalism
Documentary confirms existence of the 'God particle.'
It's Particle-Hunting Season!
NYU scientists launch Higgs Hunters project.
Amazing Instruments for Important Experiments
A century ago, physicists used a tabletop “cloud chamber” to explore the motion of otherwise invisible particles. Today, they need giant machines to explore the bizarre frontiers of modern physics.