07/15/22 Stanford Four questions: Risa Wechsler on what JWST images reveal The Stanford astrophysicist and cosmologist reacts to recent news about the newly released images taken by JWST.
07/07/22 Science Dark matter hunt heats up with first result from world’s biggest detector With 7 tons of liquid xenon, the LZ experiment leads three-way race to find WIMP particles.
07/07/22 Berkeley Lab Berkeley Lab researchers record successful startup of LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector at Sanford Underground Research Facility In a paper posted online today on the experiment’s website, LZ researchers report that with the initial run, LZ is already the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector.
07/05/22 CERN LHCb discovers three new exotic particles The collaboration has observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks.”
From sea to scientific sea 10/22/24 Laura Dattaro Take a tour of the 17 national laboratories across the United States.
12/05/17 Radio lab Have a question for Fermilab? Tune in to a Fermilab frequency over the next two weeks.
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.
11/22/17 A flight path to physics success Sandra Miarecki went from Air Force pilot to neutrino physicist.
11/21/17 Putting the puzzle together Successful physics collaborations rely on cooperation between people from many different disciplines.
11/14/17 Q&A with Nobel laureate Barry Barish Barish explains how LIGO became the high-achieving experiment it is today.
11/09/17 Fermilab’s 11th employee Fantastical designs elevate physics in works by Fermilab’s first artist.
11/07/17 Something borrowed SLAC engineer Knut Skarpaas designs some of physics’ most challenging machines, finding inspiration in unexpected places.
11/06/17 An international celebration of dark matter Around the world, scientists and non-scientists alike celebrated the first international Dark Matter Day.