IceCube is built on decades of research into tiny ‘ghost particles’ – but it was the first to find neutrinos coming from deep space

IceCube looks for high energy neutrinos from space. It joins the ranks of complementary experiments that study neutrinos ...

I’m a physicist who worked on the Nobel‑winning neutrino search – here’s how a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice became a telescope for ghost particles from space

The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics recognizes Francis Halzen’s vision in building an unusual telescope in Antarctica, as well as ...
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Hofstadter’s butterfly turns 50: a fractal hiding in quantum matter

Indu Satija celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of Douglas Hofstadter’s eponymous, iconic butterfly and explains its enduring, magnetic appeal Each new realization adds another chapter ...

Milky Way may have begun as thousands of galaxies, new simulations suggest

In the early days of the universe, our home looked very different from how it does today. Back then, the region in our ...

Scientists zero in on tiny particles to improve weather and air quality forecasts

Aerosols are small particles suspended in our atmosphere. They come in many flavors: Wildfire smoke, pollen, desert dust, sea ...