University College London scientists make physics festive with sweaters and songs at their annual holiday gathering.
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Planning the next big science machine requires consideration of both the current landscape and the distant future.
From Gizmodo, Dec. 18, 2017: Bob Kephart, Jonathan Lewis, John Peoples and other scientists talk about the reuse of steel from warships in particle physics experiments.
This summer, physics students were offered a unique opportunity to study cosmic rays during the total solar eclipse.
Gravitational waves take the top spot in Symmetry writer Mike Perricone’s yearly round-up of popular science books related to physics and astrophysics.
From Physics World, Dec. 11, 2017: The top breakthrough goes to the international team of astronomers and astrophysicists that ushered in a new era of astronomy by making the first ever multimessenger observation involving gravitational waves. Pierre Auger is also on the list.
Wenzhao Wei and Dan Rederth are the first to earn physics Ph.D.s within the state of South Dakota.
Have a question for Fermilab? Tune in to a Fermilab frequency over the next two weeks.
From CERN, November 2017: It has been a little over seven (and a half) years since the LHC started delivering collisions to CMS for physics analysis, and just a few days ago we published our 700th research paper.
The Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes WMAP’s contributions to precision cosmology.