CNP Science and Scientists in the News

• Jonathan Link comments: NPR News: Physicists Say They Have Evidence For A New Fundamental Particle (6/5/2018)
• Jonathan Link comments: Science News : Mysterious neutrino surplus hints at the existence of new particles (6/1/2018)
• Galactic Gamma Ray Excess Comes from Ancient Stars
  • Fox News: Mysterious Milky way signal comes from the past, not dark matter (3/14/18)
  • Yahoo News: Mysterious Milky Way Signal Comes from the Past, Not Dark Matter (3/14/18)
  • Science News: Mysterious Gamma-Ray Signal Comes from Ancient Stars at Milky Way's Center (3/14/18)
  • International Business Times: Mysterious Gamma-Ray Signal From Milky Way Center Not What Astronomers Thought (3/14/18)
  • Gizmodo: Dark Matter May Not Solve This Galactic Mystery After All (3/13/18)
  • Phys.org: New study suggests galactic bulge emissions not due to dark matter (3/13/18)
  • Space.com: Mysterious Milky Way Signal Comes from the Past, Not Dark Matter (3/13/18)
  • Science Alert: Strange Gamma Rays From The Centre of Our Galaxy Are Not What Astronomers Thought (3/13/18)
• CHANDLER Technology for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  • WSLS TV News, Roanoke: Virginia Tech researchers develop high-tech box that can detect nuclear power (8/3/2017)
  • WCVE NPR, Richmond: VA Tech Researchers Develop Tracking Device To Stop Rogue Nations From Making Plutonium Undetected (8/2/2017)
  • WDBJ 7 News, Roanoke: Virginia Tech device expected to track nuclear activity by rogue nations (8/2/2017)
  • WINA News Radio, Charlottesville: Jonathan Link: Keeping Rogue Nations in Nuclear Check (8/2/2017)
  • Virginia Tech Press Relese: Physics researchers eye experimental box as key to tracking nuclear activity by rogue nations (8/2/2017)
• New Neutrino Flux Evolution with Reactor Fuel Paper from Daya Bay
  • Physics Today: As nuclear fuel ages, an antineutrino anomaly changes (5/10/2017)
  • Symmetry Magazine: Sterile neutrino search hits roadblock at reactors (5/4/2017)
  • Science Magazine: Weird sterile neutrinos may not exist, suggest new data from nuclear reactors (4/6/2017)
  • Physics World: Antineutrino anomaly is a calculation error, not sterile neutrinos (4/5/2017)
• Debute of Virginia Tech's Mobile Neutrino Lab
  • Physics World: Mobile antineutrino detector could monitor nuclear reactors (2/22/2017)
  • Symmetry Magazine: Mobile Neutrino Lab makes its debut (2/21/2017)
• Shunsaku Horiuchi comments: Science News: When a nearby star goes supernova, scientists will be ready (2/8/2017)
• Physics World: Antineutrino detector could monitor nuclear fuel (January 2017)
• Patrick Huber comments: Science Magazine: Did the Nobel committee get the physics wrong? (December 2016)
• Patrick Huber comments: Physics Today: Sterile neutrinos give IceCube and other experiments the cold shoulder (October 2016)
• Phys.org: CP violation or new physics? (7/25/16)
• New Reactor Flux Measurement by Daya Bay
  • Phys.org: Most precise measurement of reactor antineutrino spectrum reveals intriguing surprise (2/12/2016)
  • Technobahn: Most Precise Measurement of Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum Reveals Intriguing Surprise (2/22/2016)
• Patrick Huber comments: New Scientist: Neutrino detectors could keep discreet tabs on nuclear reactors (10/2/2015)
• New Geo-neutrino Result from Borexino
  • Physics World: Physicists isolate neutrinos from Earth's mantle for first time (8/14/2015)
  • Yahoo News: Ghostly Particles Detected Beneath Earth (8/19/2015)
  • Discovery News: Ghostly Particles Detected Beneath Earth (8/19/2015)
• Observation of pp Solar Neutrinos by Borexino
  • PhysicsWolrd: 2014 Breakthroughs of the Year: Neutrinos spotted from Sun's main nuclear reaction (12/15/2014)
  • Science News: Subatomic particles give glimpse into sun's core (9/1/2014)
  • The Daily Mail: Elusive solar neutrinos offer the first ever 'glimpse of the sun's soul': Bizarre particles reveal new clues about the star's power (8/29/2014)
  • Scientific American: Strange Neutrinos from the Sun Detected for the First Time (8/27/2014)
  • Symmetry Magazine: First measurement of sun's real-time energy (8/27/2014)
  • PhysicsWorld: Neutrinos spotted from Sun's main nuclear reaction (8/27/2014)
  • New Scientist: Source of sun's power revealed by ghostly particles (8/27/2014)
  • Nature: Long-sought neutrinos answer burning question about the Sun (8/27/2014)
• Neutrinos to Monitor Iran's Nuclear Program
  • Physics Today: Can antimatter figure in nuclear geopolitics? (7/27/2015)
  • Wired: Obscure Particle Could Keep Iran Honest on its Nuclear Deal (7/23/15)
  • Defense One: How Antimatter Could Stop Iran From Cheating On the Nuclear Deal (7/20/2015)
  • IEEE Spectrum: Antineutrino Detectors Could Help Monitor Iran's Nuclear Reactor (7/15/2015)
  • Phys.org: Tiny particles have big potential in debate over nuclear proliferation (8/31/2014)
  • CERN Courier: Nuclear monitoring with antineutrinos (8/26/2014)
  • SpectroscopyNOW: Antineutrino: Nuclear proliferation proxy (8/15/2014)
  • The Daily Mail: Could neutrinos help governments sniff out NUCLEAR BOMBS? Elusive particles could uncover WMDs, study claims (8/14/2014)
  • PhysicsWorld: Using antineutrinos to monitor nuclear reactors (8/12/2014)
  • Virginia Tech Press Relese: Antineutrino detectors could aid non-proliferation (8/12/2014)
  • WVTF Public Radio: Neutrinos Could Monitor Iranian Nuclear Plant (8/4/2014)
  • PRL Focus: Nuclear Monitoring with Antineutrinos (7/25/2014)
• Virginia Tech Spotlight on Innovation: Scientists Develop New Methods to Detect Neutrino Interactions (7/6/2014)
• Virginia Tech Press Release: New detector continues search for fourth neutrino (7/3/2014)
• Patrick Huber comments: Ars Technica: Feature Story: Forget the Higgs, neutrinos may be the key to breaking the Standard Model (4/30/2014)
• Virginia Tech Magazine: Mining for Neutrinos (Spring 2014)
• PhysicsWolrd: Sterile-neutrino hunt gathers pace at Gran Sasso (6/21/2013)
• New Scientist: Neutrinos - the next big small thing (9/10/2012)
• Daya Bay Discovers the Third Neutrino Mixing Angle
  • Science Magazine: Breakthrough of the Year: Crash Project Opens a Door in Neutrino Physics (12/21/2012)
  • Physics Today: The elusive third neutrino-mixing angle (4/2/2012)
  • Cern Courer: Daya Bay experiment measures θ₁₃ (3/27/2012)
  • The Economist: Flavoursome Research (3/17/2012)
  • Science Magazine: Key Neutrino Measurement Signals China's Rise (3/16/2012)
  • Discovery Channel: Neutrino 'Costume Change' Mystery Solved? (3/13/2012)
  • Nature: Neutrino Oscillations Measured with Record Precision (3/8/2012)
  • Virginia Tech Press Release: A big discovery in the study of neutrinos, tiny particles that have a big role in the universe (3/8/2012)
  • Symmetry Magazine: Daya Bay experiment makes key measurement, paves way for future discoveries (3/8/2012)
• APS Spotlight: Article Synopsis:Rare Fusion Reactions Probed with Solar Neutrinos (2/2/2012)
• New Scientist: Black holes and pulsars could reveal extra dimensions (8/21/2011)
• Daya Bay Starts Taking Data
  • Physics Today: News Notes: Daya Bay experiment revs up (October 2011)
  • Cern Courier: News: Daya Bay experiment begins taking data (9/23/2011)
  • Roanoke Times: Business Section: Virginia Tech to have role in international project (9/4/2011)
  • Roanoke Times: NRV Current: Virginia Tech Team Helps with Neutrino Experiment (8/24/2011)
  • Virginia Tech Press Release: Virginia Tech plays important role in new international neutrino experiment (8/19/2011)
  • Symmetry Magazine: The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment Begins Taking Data (8/16/2011)

CNP Events in the News

• Science Magazine: The Sterile Neutrino: Fertile Concept or Dead End? (10/21/2011)
• Virginia Tech Press Relese: Faster than the speed of light? Guest physicist presents international neutrino research (9/30/2011)
• Virginia Tech Press Relese: International scientists to gather at Virginia Tech to study sterile neutrinos (9/26/2011)

CNP Members in the News

• Lara Anderson: The Universe on a String (8/19/2014)
• Camillo Mariani earns National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1/28/2014)
• Bruce Vogelaar Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (1/22/2014)
• Essay by Djorde Minic wins 5th place in the Gravity Research Foundation Contest (3/15/2011)