Archive

Photo of Beam Transport Hall allows the electron beam from SLAC's linear accelerator to continue down through the Research Yard

12/19/17

Machine evolution

Planning the next big science machine requires consideration of both the current landscape and the distant future.

Photo of woman putting her face through wood cut out that says "08.21.17 Totality Awesome" for great eclipse

12/15/17

A trip into totality

This summer, physics students were offered a unique opportunity to study cosmic rays during the total solar eclipse.

Illustration of book shelf with book spines from the 2017 book review

12/12/17

Physics books of 2017

Gravitational waves take the top spot in Symmetry writer Mike Perricone’s yearly round-up of popular science books related to physics and astrophysics.

Photo of Wenzhao Wei, dressed in a white coat and gloves, working in a lab

12/07/17

The PhD pioneers

Wenzhao Wei and Dan Rederth are the first to earn physics PhDs within the state of South Dakota.

Illustration of black and white W9F RADIO graphic on blue background

12/05/17

Radio lab

Have a question for Fermilab? Tune in to a Fermilab frequency over the next two weeks.

Photo of winners of the Breakthrough Prize accept awards onstage

12/03/17

A winning map

The Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes WMAP’s contributions to precision cosmology.

Photo of 3 June 2015, ATLAS began recording physics data from 13 TeV proton collisions

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.

Photo of four researchers in red coats standing on white snow at the South Pole in front of a building

11/22/17

A win for physics and geology

For the first time, scientists have measured the rate at which high-energy neutrinos are absorbed by our planet, a development that could lead to discoveries about physics and the Earth.