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One of the neutrino detectors at Daya Bay. The glass 'bubbles' lining the walls are photomultiplier tubes that will amplify the faint signal registered when a neutrino is detected. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Weak Signal Suggests Neutrino Sector May Upset Cherished Particle Physics Idea

Vasudevan Mukunth 29/10/2018

Physicists have taken another small – but vastly more...

An image of the Narwapahar uranium mine, 12 km northwest of Jaduguda, Jharkhand. Credit: UCIL

Why Indian Physicists Are Setting up a Tricky Experiment in an Active Uranium Mine

R. Ramachandran 02/09/2017

Some have admitted that it won't be a full...

Are We Closing in on Particles That Are Their Own Antiparticles?

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/07/2017

Particles called Majorana fermions are supposed to be their...

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois. The larger ring houses the Tevatron, a particle accelerator that operated until 2011, when it was shut because its capabilities had been superseded by the LHC. Credit: pedrik/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

All You Need to Know to Get Started on Particle Physics

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/03/2016

Because of the scale at which its experiments are...