particle physics

A view of the LEP in the tunnel now occupied by the LHC. Credit: CERN

Fishy Data From 1990s Probe Has Scientists Considering ‘Hidden Valleys’ in Physics

Vasudevan Mukunth 23/10/2016

Some physicists think there's something worth checking out in...

Indu Likes Her Neutrinos Muon-Flavoured

Nandita Jayaraj 01/10/2016

Particle physicist D. Indumathi talks about how she became...

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LUX and LHC Haven’t Found the Particles They Were Looking for? No Problem

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/08/2016

Both the LHC and the LUX dark-matter experiment have...

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Physicists Downcast as New Particle ‘Spotted’ at LHC Vanishes With More Data

Vasudevan Mukunth 05/08/2016

A particle of some kind first hinted at in...

View of the INO site at West Bodi Hills near Madurai. Credit: ino.tifr.res.in

Why India’s Most Sophisticated Science Experiment Languishes Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Nithyanand Rao and Virat Markandeya 06/04/2016

Within a year of the Union Cabinet sanctioning Rs.1,500...

A cross-sectional view of the ATLAS particle detector adjacent to the LHC complex. Credit: Image Editor/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

LHC Switches On for Experiments in 2016 – What’s in the Pipeline?

The Wire Staff 29/03/2016

Physicists are eagerly awaiting more data concerning a possible...

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the Tevatron, a particle accelerator that operated until 2011, when it was shut because its capabilities had been superseded by the LHC.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...