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Webcast: Combining science disciplines for modern cancer treatment

A webcast of the public lecture “Treating cancer in the XXI century: biology, physics and genomics,” is available online. Continue reading

World’s best measurement of W boson mass tests Standard Model, Higgs boson limits

Today, scientists from the CDF collaboration have unveiled the world's most precise measurement of the W boson mass, based on data gathered at the Tevatron accelerator. The precision of this measurement surpasses all previous measurements combined and ... Continue reading

Faster-than-light neutrinos explained?

Albert Einstein's law of special relativity might shrug off the challenge of faster-than-light neutrinos after all. Scientists in the OPERA collaboration announced today that they have found two possible causes for the surprising results they presented... Continue reading

February 2012 issue of symmetry available

Our February issue runs the gamut from the proud 30-year-legacy of the Tevatron Collider to the latest popular physics sensation: faster-than-light neutrinos. Continue reading

My entangled heart

Readers who submitted to our "My Physical Romance” readers' challenge found love through physics and, sometimes, physics through love. But in all scenarios, they show the passion that physics can inspire. Continue reading

Tomorrow: Live underground tour of the CMS detector on Google+

You're invited to tour an underground cavern that holds one of the largest scientific experiments in the world. Tomorrow, Feb. 15, the head of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, physicist Joe Incandela, will chat live from the CMS detecto... Continue reading

CERN plans for even more intense year of LHC physics

CERN scientists will begin running the Large Hadron Collider at a higher energy than ever before when this winter’s technical stop comes to a close in mid-March, the laboratory announced in a press release today. Continue reading

CERN hosts Swiss semi-finals for international science communication competition

CERN hosted the Swiss semi-finals for FameLab science communication competition on Feb. 4. Of the 21 researchers and students who braved the frigid weather to take a turn sharing their knowledge on stage, five will advance to the national finals in Zur... Continue reading