François Englert, Nobelist Who Helped Predict the ‘God Particle,’ Dies at 93

His work paved the way for the discovery of the Higgs boson, which explained how particles acquire mass, solving one of the ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Committee recommends U.S. build muon collider in report on future of particle physics

When trying to answer questions as deep as “what makes up the universe,” advance planning is key. On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a ...
The Conversation

Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics

Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we might be closing in on signs of undiscovered physics. If confirmed, these ...
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How a mysterious particle could explain the universe’s missing antimatter

Everything we see around us, from the ground beneath our feet to the most remote galaxies, is made of matter. For scientists, that has long posed a problem: According to physicists’ best current ...
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New Report Lays Out Long-Term Vision for Particle Physics, Says U.S. Should Begin Development of the World’s Most Powerful Particle Collider

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents an ambitious and comprehensive long-term vision for the field of particle physics to further our ...
Quanta Magazine

How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?

How many kinds of elementary particles should I say there are? In experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, physicists smash ...
Phys.org

CERN chief upbeat on funding for new particle collider

Mark Thomson, the new head of Europe's physics laboratory CERN, voiced confidence Tuesday about raising the billions of dollars needed to build by far the world's biggest particle accelerator. CERN, ...