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10/14/19

DUNE scientists see particle tracks with dual-phase technology

Scientists working at CERN have started tests of a new neutrino detector prototype that uses a promising technology called “dual phase.”

10/08/19

Nobel awarded for theoretical cosmology, exoplanet discovery

James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Conceptual illustration of cosmic rays with students in the background

Students become scientists on International Cosmic Day

10/01/24

Chris Patrick

Every November, students, teachers and scientists worldwide gather virtually to learn about Earth’s cosmic visitors.

10/01/11

Old detectors never die

BaBar completed its experimental run in 2008, but its parts will live on.

10/01/11

Now playing: Reality. In 3D

Could your life be a 3D movie? A new Fermilab experiment aims to put on the special glasses and find out.

10/01/11

The geekiest engagement ever

Dave Mosher wanted his wedding proposal to go off with a bang. A big bang.

10/01/11

Close to the Canadian border, near an area known as the Boundary Waters, scientists are building an experiment to discover how neutrino masses stack up. They aim to get closer to understanding how matter came to dominate antimatter in our universe.

05/01/11

The James Bond of detectors

Who needs secret agents when neutrinos are happy to spill the secrets of rogue nuclear activity?

05/01/11

ALICE's tight squeeze

Anyone who has ever tried to move a big piece of furniture through a small door knows a few centimeters can mean the difference between success and failure.

05/01/11

Physics in a cornfield

On a cool September evening in a cornfield south of Chicago, dozens of telescopes turned skyward for one of the largest star parties in the Midwest. At the center, Fermilab astrophysicist Dan Hooper was describing something no telescope can see.

05/01/11

Disaster brings physics family closer

A day after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, with strong aftershocks still testing surviving buildings, Japanese residents and physicists were offering beds, food, and rides to stranded foreign physicists.

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