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People think CERN's Large Hadron Collider will open up portals to hell

The Large Hadron Collider is back online, and conspiracy theorists are worried it will invite all sorts of interdimensional evils into our world.

Mic · Jul 5, 2022

The Large Hadron Collider will embark on a third run to uncover more cosmic secrets

Ten years ago, the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle helped make sense of our universe. But in doing so, it unlocked a whole host of new questions.

WEKU · Jul 5, 2022

Ten years after the Higgs boson was discovered, a lot is still unknown

But progress made since 2012 to determine its properties have allowed physicists to make big steps forward in our understanding of the universe.

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022

101 years ago, physicists made a critical discovery we still don’t understand

Isomers have important applications in medicine. Here's the fascinating history of their discovery and a century spent studying them.

Inverse · Jun 6, 2022

Nuclear isomers were discovered 100 years ago, and physicists are still unraveling their mysteries

Nobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission. Fission is one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, yet Hahn considered something else to be his best scientific work.

The Conversation · May 24, 2022

Physicist Frank Wilczek Adds 2022 Templeton Prize To His List Of Accolades

The award honors those who utilize the power of science to advance questions about religion and humanity.

Zenger · May 16, 2022

Physicists are on the brink of unlocking an elusive particle’s secrets

In this edition of HORIZONS, read about a new era for particle physics, SpaceX and NASA's upcoming Crew-4 mission, and more.

Inverse · Apr 25, 2022

A decade of science and trillions of collisions show the W boson is more massive than expected – a physicist on the team explains what it means for the Standard Model

“You can do it quickly, you can do it cheaply, or you can do it right. We did it right.” These were some of the opening remarks from David Toback, leader of the Collider Detector at Fermilab, as he announced the results of a decadelong experiment to measure the mass…

The Conversation · Apr 14, 2022

Time might not exist, according to physicists and philosophers – but that's okay

Does time exist? The answer to this question may seem obvious: of course it does! Just look at a calendar or a clock.

The Conversation · Apr 14, 2022

Key particle weighs in a bit heavy, confounding physicists

Scientists have calculated that a fundamental particle of physics has more mass than expected

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022