For more than 20 years, my collaborators and I have been working towards a first detection of the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB) --- the faint glow of neutrinos from all past core collapses throughout the universe. Super-Kamiokande now sees a 2.6sigma indication of detecting this.

The next Ohio State Science Sundays event is on April 5! This event is for general audiences and is free. Columbus people, we hope to see you there! (For others, we'll post video in about a week.) We welcome help in telling others about this event. artsandsciences.osu.edu/events/scien...

The next Ohio State Science Sundays event is on March 1! This event is for general audiences and is free. Columbus people, we hope to see you there! (For others, we'll post video in about a week.) We welcome help in telling others about this event. artsandsciences.osu.edu/events/scien...

The next Ohio State Science Sundays event is on February 1! This event is for general audiences and is free. Columbus people, we hope to see you there! (For others, we'll post video in about a week.) We welcome help in telling others about this event. artsandsciences.osu.edu/events/scien...

The next Ohio State Science Sundays event is on January 11! This event is intended for general audiences and is free. Columbus people, we hope to see you there! (For others, we'll post video in about a week.) We welcome help in telling others about this event. artsandsciences.osu.edu/events/scien...

The next Ohio State Science Sundays event is on December 7! This event is for general audiences and is free. Columbus people, we hope to see you there! (For others, we'll post video in about a week.) We welcome help in telling others about this event. artsandsciences.osu.edu/events/scien...

Deadline Dec 1!

In a new Physical Review Letter, S. Meighen-Berger, J. Newstead, @johnbeacom.bsky.social, M. Dolan and I explain how the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) can make precision solar neutrino measurements. PRL: doi.org/10.1103/htfm... Popular science: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/neu...

A bodhisattva who was just hanging out at the library.

Cool label on an old pallet jack, still in use decades after it was made.

Elementary particle physics reflects the human quest to understand the basic building blocks of nature and the rules that govern the physical world.

Here's the next Science Sundays event at Ohio State! artsandsciences.osu.edu/events/scien...

My most recent Ph.D. graduate wanted to go to graduation. Most don't bother, so I'm not too experienced at this. How did I do? Bad enough to become a meme. 🙄

The next Ohio State Science Sundays event is on 8 December! Free public lecture with a nice reception afterwards where you can talk to the speaker. We welcome help sharing this. Details in the replies below.

People complain about the crappiness of American food, but I got like 18,000 years left on this mfer.