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Illustration of a scientist "listening" for background noise

Bringing background to the forefront

01/23/25

Chris Patrick

SNOLAB scientists meticulously measure the signals that interfere with sensitive physics experiments.

STOMP performers drum on a retired LHC cavity

01/13/17

STOMP visits CERN

A group known for making music with everyday objects recently got their hands on some extraordinary props.

A simulation of stars against a black background

01/12/17

Twinkle, twinkle, little supernova

Using Twinkles, the new simulation of images of our night sky, scientists get ready for a gigantic cosmological survey unlike any before.

Illustration of two neutrinos on guess my weight scales, third one about to get on

01/10/17

How heavy is a neutrino?

The question is more complicated than it seems.

01/06/17

CERN ramps up neutrino program

The research center aims to test two large prototype detectors for the DUNE experiment.

01/05/17

Anything to declare?

Sometimes being a physicist means giving detector parts the window seat.

Scientists searching for undiscovered particles

12/20/16

2016 year in particle physics

Scientists furthered studies of the Higgs boson, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation and continued the search for undiscovered particles, forces and principles.

12/16/16

The ABCs of Particle Physics board book

The ABCs of Particle Physics is available online and at public libraries and stores near Fermilab and SLAC.

12/15/16

Physics books of 2016

As 2016 comes to a close, Symmetry writer Mike Perricone takes us through the latest additions to his collection of popular science books related to particle physics.

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