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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.

Illustration of a view of the LHC for people with visual impairments (red, black, green, blue, pink, grey, white)

03/13/18

LHC exhibit expands beyond the visual

The touring Tactile Collider event explores new ways to access Large Hadron Collider science through touch, sound and live interaction.

Illustration of Renee Horton, NASA, planet, spaceship (red, black, blue, purple, grey, white, purple)

03/06/18

Bring a folding chair

National Society of Black Physicists President Renée Horton talks with Symmetry about finding a place to belong in physics.

Photo of Jogesh Rout writing equations on a clear panel, blue background

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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