UNBELIEVABLE: 14 | History Defined

Higgs boson: ten years after its discovery, why this particle could unlock new physics beyond the standard model

Ten years ago, scientists announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, which helps explain why elementary particles (the smallest building blocks of nature) have mass. For particle physicists, this was the end of a decades-long and hugely difficult journey – and arguably the most important result in the history of…

The Conversation · Jul 1, 2022

Can we time travel? A theoretical physicist provides some answers

Time travel makes regular appearances in popular culture, with innumerable time travel storylines in movies, television and literature. But it is a surprisingly old idea: one can argue that the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles over 2,500 years ago, is the first time travel story.

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2022

Scientists say acoustic-gravity waves behind huge tsunami in Tonga

Scientists say they have unearthed what caused the Tonga tsunami, which was prompted by a massive underwater volcanic eruption, earlier this year.

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 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

How a null neutrino result could still help us find antimatter

The CUORE collaboration found no trace of an elusive particle that could have explained why the Big Bang left anything behind.

Inverse · Apr 6, 2022

Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls – this engineering advance is building toward reactors of the future

Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction. The production of 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at the Joint European Torus – or JET – experiment in England has been called “a breakthrough” by…

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2022

Physicist Eugene Parker, namesake of NASA probe, dies at 94

A physicist who theorized the existence of solar wind and became the first person to witness the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name has died

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2022