big ideas

CERN hints at new physics.

“It’s exciting stuff. The reason the team has been pursuing this very specific kind of decay channel so relentlessly for more than a decade is because it’s what is known as a “golden” channel, meaning not only is it incredibly […]

big ideas

CERN hints at new physics.

“It’s exciting stuff. The reason the team has been pursuing this very specific kind of decay channel so relentlessly for more than a decade is because it’s what is known as a “golden” channel, meaning not only is it incredibly […]

under the microscope

Researchers at CERN break the speed of light

This isn’t supposed to be possible, per Einstein. Then again, neither is quantum entanglement. “Antonio Ereditato, spokesman for the international group of researchers, said that measurements taken over three years showed neutrinos pumped from CERN near Geneva to Gran Sasso […]