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Matthew Buckley

Matthew Buckley, a theoretical physicist, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers. His website is physicsmatt.com.

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Science & Nature

The End of the Beginning

The resolution of a tantalizing hint of new physics discovered last year.

Matthew Buckley

Science & Nature

What Lies Deep

The Higgs boson was just the beginning of what CERN might find.

Matthew Buckley

Science & Nature

Closing in on the Higgs

The history of false alarms leading up to the final discovery.

Matthew Buckley

Science & Nature

When (Quantum) Worlds Collide

An inside look at the most powerful particle accelerator in the world.

Matthew Buckley

Science & Nature

Minding Matter

The quantum puzzle of mass.

Matthew Buckley

Science & Nature

How Stuff Works

Exploring particle physics. (Third in a series on experiments at CERN.)

Matthew Buckley

Science & Nature

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Quantum Field Theory

Second in our series on new experiments at CERN.

Matthew Buckley

Science & Nature

The Search for New Physics at CERN

Are we on the verge of unsettling our most basic theory of the physical world?

Matthew Buckley

Science & Nature

Searching for New Physics at CERN

This eight-part series maps the frontiers of contemporary particle physics. It begins with an

Matthew Buckley

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