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05/05/20

Physics community designs simplified ventilator

The Mechanical Ventilator Milano, or MVM, went from concept through approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in a little over a month.

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LZ’s central detector, the time projection chamber, in a surface lab clean room before delivery underground.

LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matter

08/26/24

Lauren Biron

New results from the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe’s invisible mass.

10/21/13

CERN experiment aids climate research

Information gained through a CERN experiment that combines particle physics and atmospheric chemistry will help scientists create better climate models.

10/18/13

Young physicists step up

Young researchers rally to shape the future of particle physics.

10/17/13

Tweetup welcomes virtual audience to CERN

CERN laboratory offered a private tour to a dozen Twitterati, who broadcast the experience to a much larger crowd.

10/01/13

US participation in the Higgs discovery

The search for the Higgs at experiments at the Large Hadron Collider was an international effort involving thousands of people, with physicists and engineers from US institutions playing a significant role throughout.

09/30/13

Physics computing innovation benefits multitude

Millions around the world, both scientists and non-scientists, use Scientific Linux, an operating system developed for particle physics.

09/25/13

Adler Planetarium throws ‘Particle Party’

Fermilab physicists and educators mingled with young adult science enthusiasts at Adler After Dark.

09/25/13

More than a game

Astrophysicists find a new use for the video cards that give computer games that movie quality: crunching scientific data.

09/24/13

The great physics quest

In their search for fundamental truths, particle physicists have a lot in common with explorers everywhere.

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