Articles about particle physics

What does the Higgs boson turn itself into? Large Hadron Collider confirms theory

It’s been six years since physicists at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, but they’re… Read More

Expert panel calls for U.S. to move ahead with construction of electron ion collider

News Brief: A report from the National Academies endorses the idea of building a large-scale electron ion collider to probe… Read More

Physicists at CERN add a new top-quark twist to tangled tale of the Higgs boson

News Brief: Experiments at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider have produced hard-to-come-by evidence of interactions between the Higgs boson and top… Read More

Underground experiment takes a step toward solving matter-antimatter puzzle

An experiment conducted deep underground in an old South Dakota gold mine has given scientists hope that a future detector… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Explore art and science at Consilience; get feedback on your next great startup idea; and more

How do we understand science? That’s the question posed by the Institute for Systems Biology’s annual event, Consilience, and this year’s… Read More

SuperKEKB collider gets closer to addressing antimatter mystery in Japan

What happened to all the antimatter? A particle-smasher in Japan is well on its way to addressing that question and others… Read More

LHC photon readings hint at Higgs boson’s big brother, but it’s too early to tell

The Higgs boson is the biggest find of the century in particle physics, but for the past few weeks, physicists at… Read More

Holometer finds no evidence we’re living in a Matrix-like hologram … so far

Is our universe a two-dimensional hologram? It sounds like science fiction straight from “The Matrix,” but scientists are checking out… Read More

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider hits 1-PeV milestone with heavy ions (and re-ignites doomsday talk)

The Large Hadron Collider set another record for particle-smashing energy levels this week – which set off another round of hyped-up rumblings… Read More