07/18/13 Real talk: Everything is made of fields Theorist Sean Carroll thinks it’s time you learned the truth: All of the particles you know—including the Higgs—are actually fields.
07/16/13 GERDA investigates the identity of the neutrino Scientists on the GERDA experiment have placed new limits on a process that could reveal the true character of the neutrino.
07/11/13 Future LHC super-magnets pass muster Scientists in the US LHC Accelerator Research Program have successfully tested superconducting magnets needed to increase LHC collisions tenfold.
07/09/13 Detecting opportunity, in particle physics and beyond Gunnar Maehlum is a businessman who retains the innovative and critical thinking he learned in particle physics.
07/08/13 Physics and the birth of the emoticon Carnegie Mellon University alumni trace the origin of the smiley to a group of computer scientists discussing a physics puzzle in 1982.
07/02/13 Secrets of the early universe Planck, the space telescope that this year revealed unprecedentedly detailed information about the early universe, is just getting started.
07/01/13 Big data and the X-ray laser Ultrafast experiments at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source require powerful, unique data systems adapted from particle physics.
06/28/13 Fermilab produces its first potential astronaut Josh Cassada, accepted into NASA’s exclusive 2013 astronaut candidate class, cut his scientific teeth doing particle physics research at Fermilab.
06/26/13 50-foot physics experiment on the move Symmetry writer Andre Salles tells you everything you always wanted to know about moving a gigantic electromagnet but were afraid to ask.
06/25/13 Around the US in 17 labs Chart a course to knowledge with symmetry’s interactive map of all 17 US Department of Energy national laboratories.
06/21/13 Physicists boost electrons with lasers Accelerator physicists at SLAC celebrate a successful step toward building smaller, cheaper accelerators.
06/20/13 Nigel Lockyer appointed director of Fermilab Nigel Lockyer, director of Canada’s TRIUMF laboratory since 2007, will take over for retiring Fermilab Director Pier Oddone.
06/18/13 Journey from the center of the Earth Subatomic particles streaming from the Earth’s interior carry important evidence of the planet’s origins.
06/14/13 The march of the penguin diagrams More than 30 years ago, a physicist honored a bet by naming a particle decay diagram after an aquatic bird.
06/13/13 International Linear Collider design is ‘good to go’ After nearly a decade of R&D, the International Linear Collider global design effort crosses the finish line.
