Obesity-Drug Pioneers and Large Hadron Collider Physicists Win $3-Million Breakthrough Prizes
Advances recognized by science’s most lucrative awards include high-energy physics experiments and groundbreaking weight-loss treatments
New Plan for Particle Physics Megaproject Leaves out Funding Details
A long-awaiting report from CERN explores the feasibility of building a supersized successor to the Large Hadron Collider
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Who Will Build the Next Giant Particle Collider?
The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build a mega collider by 2070. Critics say the plan could lead to ruin
Supersymmetry Washes Out at the Large Hadron Collider
Supersymmetry, long considered the golden child of theoretical physics, has officially lost its luster at the world’s reigning particle accelerator
Quantum Simulation Shows How Universe-Destroying ‘Bubbles’ Could Grow
Physicists are finding new ways to model false vacuum decay, a terrifying, albeit remote, cosmic endgame
Exotic ‘Paraparticles’ That Defy Categorization May Exist in Many Dimensions
Theoretical physicists predict the existence of exotic “paraparticles” that defy classification and could have quantum computing applications
Carolyn Beatrice Parker’s Work on the Manhattan Project Inspired Her Birthplace Generations Later
This Black physicist’s work on the Manhattan Project inspired a County in Florida two generations after her death
Alternate Timelines Can’t Help You, Quantum Physicists Say
The multiverse offers no escape from our reality—which might be a very good thing
Mysterious Gamma-Ray Flashes May Be Missing Link for Lightning Bolts
Observations from a retrofitted spy plane hint at a connection between powerful gamma-ray flashes and a thunderstorm’s lightning
Don’t Panic. AI Isn’t Coming to End Scientific Exploration
Science is filled with tools that once seemed revolutionary and are now just part of the research tool kit. That time may have come for artificial intelligence
The Untold Story of Marie Curie’s Network of Female Scientists
Marie Curie is well known for her chemistry achievements but less so for helping other women succeed in science
A One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay Hints at Hidden Physics
Physicists have detected a long-sought particle process that may suggest new forces and particles exist in the universe