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The boson that physics almost rejected

07/02/24

Claire Malone

Nobel Laureate Peter Higgs died earlier this year. Twelve years ago this week, physicists discovered the particle that bears his name.

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03/05/18

Q&A: Jogesh Rout

What's it like being a theoretical neutrino physicist working on the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility?

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02/27/18

Looking for nothing to test gravity

When they look for violations of Einstein’s general relativity, physicists deliberately plan experiments to find nothing at all.

Photo at the artist’s reception for Jenkins’ show, a visitor peers through the magnifying glass of a sculpture

02/23/18

Fusing Fermilab physics with art

Fermilab’s 2017 artist-in-residence, Jim Jenkins, melds pieces of physics experiments into his creations.

Illustration of Higgs boson ice cream truck being visited by the particle that isn't there

02/20/18

The secret life of Higgs bosons

Are these mass-giving particles hanging out with dark matter?

Illustration of heart radiating gamma particles at the center of the image: Magnetic field lines, Higgs particles, and neutrinos

02/13/18

Show your affection with physics valentines

When it comes to love, sometimes you have to say it with science.

02/09/18

Subatomic Smackdown

When it comes to talent, versatility and the power to change the world, which atomic particle is the champ? Read what our four contenders have to say—then you decide.

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02/06/18

Learning to speak quantum

Particle physicists are studying ways to harness the power of the quantum realm to further their research.

01/30/18

Sterile neutrino sleuths

Meet the detectors of Fermilab’s Short-Baseline Neutrino Program, hunting for signs of a possible fourth type of neutrino.

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