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LZ’s central detector, the time projection chamber, in a surface lab clean room before delivery underground.

LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matter

08/26/24

Lauren Biron

New results from the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe’s invisible mass.

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12/05/17

Radio lab

Have a question for Fermilab? Tune in to a Fermilab frequency over the next two weeks.

Photo of 3 June 2015, ATLAS began recording physics data from 13 TeV proton collisions

11/28/17

LHC data: how it’s made

In the Large Hadron Collider, protons become new particles, which become energy and light, which become data.

Photo of Sandra Miarecki standing on the steps of a plane

11/22/17

A flight path to physics success

Sandra Miarecki went from Air Force pilot to neutrino physicist.

Collage of people working on physics experiments

11/21/17

Putting the puzzle together

Successful physics collaborations rely on cooperation between people from many different disciplines.

Illustration of scientists discussing the LIGO experiment in center of field of red, blue, purple, and black shapes and lines

11/14/17

Q&A with Nobel laureate Barry Barish

Barish explains how LIGO became the high-achieving experiment it is today.

Pen drawing showing Wilson Hall next to the accelerator complex

11/09/17

Fermilab’s 11th employee

Fantastical designs elevate physics in works by Fermilab’s first artist.

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11/07/17

Something borrowed

SLAC engineer Knut Skarpaas designs some of physics’ most challenging machines, finding inspiration in unexpected places.

Hands hold galaxies in the palm of their hands with dark matter particles swirling around

11/06/17

An international celebration of dark matter

Around the world, scientists and non-scientists alike celebrated the first international Dark Matter Day.

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