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The Ghost Particle Hunter: How a Cute Idea Buried in Antarctic Ice Won the 2026 Physics Nobel
Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube, a detector buried in Antarctic ice. Here is how a cute…
Physics
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The LHC Is Coming Apart on Purpose: A Teardown of the High-Luminosity Upgrade, Part by Part
CERN has begun dismantling the LHC for the High-Luminosity upgrade. A part-by-part look at the schedule, the 30-tonne absorbers, and the magnets…
Physics
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One Event, 2.6 Sigma: Reading the LZ Dark Matter Hint Without Hype
A ten-tonne xenon detector saw one event that its backgrounds struggle to explain. Here is what 2.6 sigma means, why the simplest…
Physics
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Muon g-2 Wins the 2026 Breakthrough Prize: What the Final Number Says and Why the Anomaly Faded
The Muon g-2 teams won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize. Here is what the final 127 ppb measurement says, and why the old…
Science
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LZ Dark Matter Experiment Reports One Intriguing Event at 2.6 Sigma: What a Single Xenon Interaction Can and Cannot Tell Us
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment recorded a single interaction in 220 live days that could have come from a WIMP. Here is how the…