physics


P. Chem Comes to IMSA!

The Physical Chemistry of Materials, colloquially known as P. Chem, is a new course being offered at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) for the 2023–2024 school year. Current…


Limits Set: Vector-Like Quark Pair Production

In mid-September of 2022, physicists from the CMS Collaboration at CERN reported new lower limits on vector-like top \((\text{T})\) and bottom \((\text{B})\) quarks. The analysis offers the strongest identified limits…


Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough

Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California recently had a breakthrough with nuclear fusion, sparking excitement in many. On December 5th of 2022, a nuclear fusion reaction was…


Performance Upgrades: HL-LHC Plans

After physicists at CERN restarted the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for its Run 3 set of data collection in the summer of 2022, new analyses dependent on high-mass mother (decay…