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Drumming up dark photons

An illustration of T-shirts that look like metal rock tees with logos resembling Metallica's, Iron Maiden's, and so on, except the text reads MACHOs, axions, WIMPS and so on.

A group of scientists is hoping to detect dark matter using a nanoscale drum.

Changing a name without forfeiting credit

A group of U.S. national laboratories, including Fermilab; publishers; journals and other organizations, is making it easier for researchers to update their names on past publications.

How to be human in physics

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Four physicists, including Fermilab’s Claire Lee, share their experiences dealing with major setbacks, trauma, mental health issues and toxic work environments.

Homebound astrophysicists miss mountaintops

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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, travel bans and stay-at-home orders meant astrophysicists collaborating on the Dark Energy Survey needed to find a new way to conduct their observations using the Dark Energy Camera.

Blink and it’s gone

Fast electronics and artificial intelligence are helping physicists working on experiments with massive amounts of data, such as the CMS experiment, decide which data to keep and which to throw away.

The odd(eron) couple

Two hockey players that resemble rock-em-sock-em robot toys shake hands on a rink. The one on the left is red and has a dome for a torso with the number 18 on the sleeve. On the right, the player is blue, with Fermilab's Wilson Hall as the torso and 87 on the sleeve. It holds a hockey stick.

Scientists discovered a new particle by comparing data recorded at the Large Hadron Collider and the Tevatron.

The other particle detector

An illustration. I person stands inside a giant, hollow gold cube and sends a signal using a device to another device on the left side of the screen that is close up and held in a hand. The close-up device says "counting" and has some numbers. In the bottom right-hand corner, it says LBNF/DUNE.

When studying mysterious subatomic particles, researchers at SURF in South Dakota use a different kind of particle detector, particle counters, to prevent run-of-the-mill dust particles from creating background noise and obscuring results.

A strong force for inclusion

A woman opens a window from the outside and faces in. She has a brown bob and is wearing dark rectangualr glasses and light-colored earrings. In the background behind her, a starry sky. Waves come out from behind her and enter into the room. On the left, a purple, space-like wave. On the right a rainbow wave and a wave that has stripes the colors of the trans flag, blue, pink and white.

Elena Long’s search for community as a trans scientist put her at the forefront of LGBT+ advocacy in physics.

Einstein’s garden: translating physics into Blackfoot

A piece of ledger paper runs perpendicularly with an ornate, old-fashioned script font, with names and notes. At the top (on the right-hand side of the illustration), the date is 1889. A large button of yellow and blue thin concentric circles with two button holes in the middle overlays the text in the center of paper.

Sharon Yellowfly has been preserving and expanding the Blackfoot language by translating the announcements of LIGO’s universe-bending discoveries.

A champion of physics in South Africa

A cartoonish illustration of a man in a labcoat holding a yellow book. Behind him to the right are notes with equations on them. To the left of him, goats. In the background, trees and a starry night. In the left upper corner, in a bubble similar to a thought bubble in a comic strip, a child reading a book by candlelight.

In recognition of his own past, physicist Azwinndini Muronga has brought STEM enrichment opportunities to youth in remote, underserved towns and villages.