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How do scientists get lead into the LHC?

01/28/25

Sarah Charley

Once a year, the Large Hadron Collider smashes lead ions. But how do scientists get a heavy metal into a particle accelerator?

Illustration of figure of man at a supersymmetry blackboard

06/06/13

A 10-minute lesson in supersymmetry

In two new videos, Fermilab physicist Don Lincoln explains the what and the why of supersymmetry.

06/05/13

The ILC through two lenses

Two regions in Japan vying to be the site of the proposed International Linear Collider have produced wildly different promotional videos.

Illustration of 5 spools of thread and thimble

06/04/13

Unification of forces

What if all of nature’s forces can be woven together into one comprehensive force?

05/31/13

Three decades of the Z

Thirty years ago this month, CERN scientists announced the discovery of the Z boson, an elusive elementary particle that transmits the weak force.

05/28/13

Exploring the universal glue

Our visible universe is built mostly of glue, which generates roughly 98 percent of visible mass. Now, an experiment is gearing up to study novel manifestations of that glue.

05/21/13

Face of Fermilab

Former biology teacher Felicia Svoboda shows Fermilab visitors the ins and outs of doing science.

05/17/13

A banner day at the LHC

An artist honors the people and science of the CMS collaboration.

Illustration of two people sitting at table cherry pie: deconstruction

05/14/13

The cherry pie collider

What’s the next step in particle colliders? Symmetry takes a trip into the kitchen pantry to find out.

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