Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln explains how particle physics research attempts to answer questions of the universe. For those with a more practical bent, he explains how this research is an excellent investment, with a high rate of return for society.

Matter and antimatter behave differently. Scientists hope that investigating how might someday explain why we exist.

I’d worked at the campus particle accelerator lab all four years of college and had built a couple particle accelerators at home. I brought my own cyclotron to my interview here. I think they hired me to keep an eye on me.

Hyde Park Herald, Nov. 18, 2015: Mayor Rahm Emanuel and University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer kicked off an event titled “The University of Chicago and Affiliated Laboratories: Powerful Partners in Transformative Science” on Friday, Nov. 13, by pointing to the continued prominence of the university as a national leader is scientific developments.

Scientists have made the first-ever calculation of a prediction involving the decay of certain matter and antimatter particles.

From Physics, Nov. 23, 2015: The mass of the recently discovered Higgs particle is one of the greatest mysteries in present-day particle physics.

The cosmic neutrino background could provide more details about the universe as it once was

Scientists plan to use a newly awarded grant to develop a shoebox-sized particle accelerator in five years.

Although they might be invisible to the naked eye, contaminants less than a micron in size can ruin very sensitive experiments in particle physics.

The Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II, is a proposed project to improve Fermilab’s particle accelerator complex with a major hardware overhaul and a powerful boost in its capabilities.