Articles by

Emily Conover

A massive clump of dark matter may lurk in the Milky Way

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Physicists discovered neutrinos 70 years ago. The ghostly particles still have secrets to tell

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Queen bumblebees are poor foragers thanks to sparse tongue hair

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Earth is bathed in droves of neutrinos spewed by the Milky Way’s stars

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Here’s the science behind nuclear weapons testing

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

A quantum trick helps trim bloated AI models

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Twisted stacks of 2-D carbon act like a weird type of superconductor

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how we’d know

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...