Archive

09/30/13

Physics computing innovation benefits multitude

Millions around the world, both scientists and non-scientists, use Scientific Linux, an operating system developed for particle physics.

09/26/13

Google Street View goes underground at LHC

A virtual tour of the Large Hadron Collider and the ATLAS, CMS, LHCb and ALICE experiments is now available on Google Street View.

09/25/13

Adler Planetarium throws ‘Particle Party’

Fermilab physicists and educators mingled with young adult science enthusiasts at Adler After Dark.

09/25/13

More than a game

Astrophysicists find a new use for the video cards that give computer games that movie quality: crunching scientific data.

09/24/13

The great physics quest

In their search for fundamental truths, particle physicists have a lot in common with explorers everywhere.

09/23/13

Artists challenged to depict physics

Through the “Collision” contest, 22 artists and scientists pushed themselves into new territory, portraying the concept of “new physics” through art.

09/20/13

Scientists expand search for light dark matter

Physicists on the CDMS experiment have devised a better way to search for a particle that, if it exists, will revolutionize our ideas about dark matter.

09/18/13

Just how weak is the weak force?

Using a unique technique, the Q-weak collaboration has found the value of the weak force to be in agreement with theory—so far.

09/17/13

South Dakota artists explore dark matter

A grassroots group of artists started a gallery project centered on Sanford Lab’s science.

09/13/13

The hunt for microscopic black holes

Finding micro black holes at the LHC would alert scientists to the existence of extra dimensions, which might explain why gravity seems so weak.

09/12/13

Magnetic Moment

A brewery near Fermilab honors the arrival of a giant electromagnet.

09/10/13

‘Why particle physics matters’ winner announced

The readers have spoken: Your favorite explanation of why particle physics matters came from physicist Breese Quinn.

09/06/13

Video: TedEd on Higgs

09/06/13

Famous Higgs analogy, illustrated

A Fermilab physicist and TED artists have created a short animation about the most famous description of the Higgs field.

09/04/13

Upgraded Fermilab neutrino beam back in business

After more than a year of improvements, Fermilab's accelerator complex has begun sending neutrinos to experiments at the lab and in Minnesota.

09/03/13

The Dark Energy Survey begins

Over the next five years, scientists will capture some of the grandest images of the cosmos ever seen and use them to probe the mystery of dark energy.