07/22/22 Science News A new dark matter experiment quashed earlier hints of new particles The XENONnT detector spotted no extra recoiling electrons.
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.
Inside the search for dark matter 12/17/24 Ali Sundermier About 30 years ago an "ideas guy" and a team builder joined forces to search for the invisible bulk of existence.
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.
09/28/17 Conjuring ghost trains for safety A Fermilab technical specialist recently invented a device that could help alert oncoming trains to large vehicles stuck on the tracks.
09/28/17 Fermilab on display The national laboratory opened usually inaccessible areas of its campus to thousands of visitors to celebrate 50 years of discovery.
09/26/17 Shining with possibility As Jordan-based SESAME nears its first experiments, members are connecting in new ways.
09/19/17 50 years of stories To celebrate a half-century of discovery, Fermilab has been gathering tales of life at the lab.