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Northeastern physicists honored with Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for unveiling secrets of the universe
Interior view of the ATLAS detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, showing intricate machinery and scaffolding inside the underground facility.

Northeastern physicists honored with Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for unveiling secrets of the universe

Northeastern physicists earned the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for exploring the nature of matter and the Higgs boson.
During CERN shutdown, Northeastern University physics professors work with global scientists to understand dark matter and other phenomena beyond the Standard Model

During CERN shutdown, Northeastern University physics professors work with global scientists to understand dark matter and other phenomena beyond the Standard Model

Some things in life are still unexplained, intriguing scientists like physics professors Toyoko Orimoto and Emanuela Barberis.
The evolution of NUScience

The evolution of NUScience

This is a guest blog post by Gwen Schanker, AMD/S’18, a writer and editor for the student-run magazine NUScience. She is pursuing a double major in journalism and biology. Science writing plays an important role in the intellectual community—it allows everyone with an interest in science to keep up with current developments by reading about […]
What’s next for particle physicists, post-Higgs?

What’s next for particle physicists, post-Higgs?

Assistant professor of physics Toyoko Orimoto received an Early Career Award from the Department of Energy to study physics beyond the Standard Model.
3Qs: Doomsday predictions debunked

3Qs: Doomsday predictions debunked

Toyoko Orimoto, an assistant professor of physics, says that we should be more concerned with climate change than judgment day, which the Mayan calendar predicts will take place on Friday.