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Untangling Particles with Artificial Intelligence
08/05/2020

Untangling Particles with Artificial Intelligence

Whitney Clavin
Particle physicist Jennifer Ngadiuba discusses how AI technologies can help sift through the Large Hadron Collider's upcoming deluge of data.
Jennifer Ngadiuba
Quantum Fluctuations Can "Kick" Objects on the Human Scale
07/02/2020

Quantum Fluctuations Can "Kick" Objects on the Human Scale

A new LIGO Laboratory study demonstrates how the minuscule happenings of the quantum world can affect large, everyday objects.
picture of LIGO's mirrors
Kathryn Zurek Wins Simons Investigator Award
07/01/2020

Kathryn Zurek Wins Simons Investigator Award

Whitney Clavin
Physicist who studies dark matter named a 2020 Simons Investigator.
Kathryn Zurek
Experiment at CERN makes the first observation of rare events producing three massive force carriers simultaneously
06/25/2020

Experiment at CERN makes the first observation of rare events producing three massive force carriers simultaneously

Emily Velasco
Caltech's high-energy physics group uncovers an ultra-rare process in the search for new physics at the Large Hadron Collider.
An artist's depiction of a boson-producing event. Colored streaks emanate from within a cylinder.
Black Hole Collision May Have Exploded with Light
06/25/2020

Black Hole Collision May Have Exploded with Light

Whitney Clavin
Astronomers have seen what might amount to the first light ever detected from a black hole merger.
Artist's concept of a supermassive black hole, with a binary pair of black holes in its disk.
LIGO-Virgo Finds Mystery Object in "Mass Gap"
06/23/2020

LIGO-Virgo Finds Mystery Object in "Mass Gap"

Whitney Clavin
The LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave network has identified an object that is either the heaviest known neutron star, or the lightest known black hole.
Artwork showing a black hole merging with a black hole or neutron star.
Thinking Small: New Ideas in the Search for Dark Matter
06/16/2020

Thinking Small: New Ideas in the Search for Dark Matter

Whitney Clavin
Magnetic "quasiparticles" called magnons may help scientists detect dark matter.
Hubble image of a galaxy cluster with dark matter
Titan is Migrating Away from Saturn 100 Times Faster than Previously Predicted
06/08/2020

Titan is Migrating Away from Saturn 100 Times Faster than Previously Predicted

Lori Dajose
Saturn's moon Titan is migrating away from the giant planet at a rate 100 times faster than previous theories predicted
Artwork of Saturn, Titan, and the Cassini spacecraft.
The Lonely Idea: A limited-series podcast from Caltech
05/29/2020

The Lonely Idea: A limited-series podcast from Caltech

Jon Nalick
The new six-episode series explores how key Caltech technological and scientific breakthroughs come to be.
Cube-pattern
The Dance of Jupiter's Moons
05/18/2020

The Dance of Jupiter's Moons

Lori Dajose
How did Jupiter's diverse moons form? This question is answered by a new model and theory
Two white oval storms merge in an orange band on Jupiter
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