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Studying the properties of the Higgs boson could throw up some shocking truths about the nature of reality.
A series of thrilling research means physicists may have to start inventing brand new physics.
A decadelong experiment produced the most accurate measurement yet of the mass of W bosons. These particles are responsible for the weak force, and the result is more evidence for undiscovered physics.
Physicists know a lot about the most fundamental properties of the universe, but they certainly don’t know everything. 2021 was a big year for physics – what was learned and what’s coming next?
The compact accelerators are 100 times smaller than traditional ones, and could easily fit inside hospitals and laboratories.
A new study in Nature finds that large research teams develop recent ideas, while small teams conduct more disruptive and innovative research.
The Large Hadron Collider has generated mind-blowing science in the last decade – including the Higgs boson particle. Why is the LHC so important, and how will physicists use it in the years to come?
A particle physicist explains just what this keystone theory includes. After 50 years, it’s the best we’ve got to answer what everything in the universe is made of and how it all holds together.
Cosmologists are heading back to their chalkboards as the experiments designed to figure out what this unknown 84 percent of our universe actually is come up empty.
One of the great mysteries of the universe is why there is so much more matter than antimatter. Now a new experiment is helping us understand the nature of antimatter better than ever before.
Big data is all well and good, but if we want medical breakthroughs, we’ll need big theory too.
There’s a good reason you should care about the discovery of gravitational waves, even if you don’t understand the science.
Particle accelerators are helping to push forward the frontiers of theoretical physics but they’ve also had more impact on your everyday life than you realise.
Big data is about processing large amounts of data. It is often associated with multiplicities of data. But the ability to generate data outpaces the ability to store it.
We talk about mass all the time but what is it that actually gives an object mass? And why do some things have mass and others have no mass at all?
The Nobel Prize-winning research on neutrinos is expected to push the boundaries of science and technology.
The latest data from the particle accelerator that found the Higgs Boson has confirmed another of our theories about how the universe works.
Running the world’s largest particle accelerator requires a lot of energy, but it could reveal the secrets of the universe.
CERN’s huge particle accelerator has been switched back on after a two-year upgrade to continue its search for answers.
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Post Doctoral Research Associate, Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter, University of Adelaide
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ARC Research Associate (Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at Tera Scale), University of Adelaide
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Particle physicist, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Physics, Head of Department, Lancaster University
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Professor of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Royal Society University Research Fellow and Lecturer in Particle Physics, UCL
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Laureate Professor of Mathematics, University of Newcastle
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Postgraduate Student, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, Australian Catholic University
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PhD; Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (retired) and Research Fellow, University of California, Davis
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Senior lecturer, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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ARC Australian Laureate Fellow and Elder Professor of Physics, University of Adelaide
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Post-doctoral research fellow, London Research Institute
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Lecturer in Humanities, Imperial College London
