07/25/13 Stony Brook physicists test new detector Using a new test-beam facility at SLAC, Stony Brook researchers are working to develop the next generation of cutting-edge particle detectors.
07/23/13 From accelerator to art Fermilab physicist Todd Johnson spends his work and vacation hours with accelerators. What he produces during each are two very different things.
07/19/13 T2K experiment catches neutrinos in the act For the first time, an experiment has definitively observed the appearance of neutrinos that have changed from one type to another.
07/19/13 Discovery at LHC leaves less room for new particles Undiscovered particles could boost or suppress a newly observed process—but LHC scientists see no such effect.
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.
