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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.

05/14/15

The accelerator in the Louvre

The Accélérateur Grand Louvre d’analyse élémentaire solves ancient mysteries with powerful particle beams.

05/12/15

High adventure physics

Three groups of hardy scientists recently met up in Antarctica to launch experiments into the big blue via balloon.

05/08/15

Lonely chairs at CERN

Over the past year, the “Lonely Chairs at CERN” photography blog has let the chairs do the talking.

04/30/15

DECam’s far-out forays

The Dark Energy Camera does even more than its name would lead you to believe.

04/29/15

Natural SUSY’s last stand

Either Supersymmetry will be found in the next years of research at the Large Hadron Collider, or it isn’t exactly what theorists hoped it was.

04/28/15

Ten things you might not know about antimatter

Antimatter has fueled many a supernatural tale. It's also fascinating all by itself.

04/23/15

Extreme cold and shipwreck lead

Scientists have proven the concept of the CUORE experiment, which will study neutrinos with the world’s coldest detector and ancient lead.

04/16/15

Seeing the CMS experiment with new eyes

The wonders of particle physics serve as a springboard for a community-building arts initiative at Fermilab.

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