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04/16/20
Fermilab

Particle physics at home

If, while spending more time at home, you develop a hankering for more particle physics in your life, look no further. 

04/09/20
Fermilab

The cold eyes of DUNE

Industry does not typically use electronics that operate at cryogenic temperatures, so particle physicists have had to engineer their own. 

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Conceptual illustration of a pie with a lattice crust

Explain it in 60 Seconds: Lattice QCD

07/25/24
Sarah Charley

Lattice gauge theory, or lattice QCD, is a calculation method that helps scientists make predictions about the behavior of quarks at low energies.

Photo of Gabriel Palacios, A summer intern at Jefferson Laboratory, gets ILC tattoo
08/29/13

ILC ink

A summer intern at Jefferson Laboratory is excited about the proposed International Linear Collider—and he’s got the tattoo to prove it.

Neutrinoless double beta decay
08/27/13

Neutrinoless double beta decay

The observation of neutrinoless double beta decay would suggest that, by itself, the Standard Model Higgs cannot give mass to neutrinos.

Photo of Dodobus at Burning Man
08/26/13

Scientists of Burning Man

Burning Man offers parallels to—and welcome departures from—the scientific endeavors of physicists who attend the annual event.

Photo of Fermi first five years: FGST in space
08/22/13

Fermi’s first five years

In its first five years gazing at the gamma-ray sky, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provided new insights into cosmic puzzles ranging from dark matter to blazars—and added a few new puzzles to the list. 

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