Jesse Liu – The Conversation

Scientists want to learn more about the cosmic rays that create particle showers in Earth’s atmosphere. Thomas Bergauer/Flickr

September 14, 2026

Physicists zoom into the birth of cosmic rainstorms with new CERN study

Jesse Liu, New York University

Scientists recreated cosmic rays in a massive underground particle collider.

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN can be used to study many kinds of fundamental particles, including mysterious and rare tau particles. Oxygen/Moment via Getty Images

October 17, 2023

New technique uses near‑miss particle physics to peer into quantum world − two physicists explain how they are measuring wobbling tau particles

Jesse Liu, University of Cambridge and Dennis V. Perepelitsa, University of Colorado Boulder

Physicists uncovered a new experiment hidden in old data from the Large Hadron Collider. Using this innovative approach, the team has unlocked an entirely new way to study quantum physics.