08/17/22 Science News Protons contain intrinsic charm quarks, a new study suggests Physicists have speculated for decades that protons may also host more massive quarks, called “intrinsic” charm quarks.
08/16/22 Scientific American Video: What is the black hole information paradox? A primer In recent years, scientists have made a breakthrough that may finally solve the puzzle and begin to show how black holes really work.
08/15/22 Fermilab Excavation of huge caverns for DUNE particle detector is underway The Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility will one day be home to the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
08/10/22 Quanta What Is quantum field theory and why is it incomplete? Steven Strogatz speaks with David Tong, a theoretical physicist at the University of Cambridge, to explore the open questions of quantum field theory.
How do scientists get lead into the LHC? 01/28/25 Sarah Charley Once a year, the Large Hadron Collider smashes lead ions. But how do scientists get a heavy metal into a particle accelerator?
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.
10/31/17 How is the Force like dark matter? For Dark Matter Day, scientist and Star Wars fan Dan McKinsey talks dark matter and the Force.
10/26/17 CERN alumna turned deep-sea explorer Grace C. Young is fascinated by fundamental questions about realms both quantum and undersea.
10/24/17 Speak physics: What is a cross section? Cross sections tell physicists how likely particles are to interact in a given way.
10/10/17 A play in parallel universes Constellations illustrates the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics—with a love story.
10/05/17 A radio for dark matter Instead of searching for dark matter particles, a new device will search for dark matter waves.