Symmetry

After a week of appreciation for each of the four particle contenders, the photon emerged as the winner in the Subatomic Smackdown.

Symmetry goes inside the CERN Control Center on restart day.

The LHC is one of the coldest places on the planet.

These two-minute animations break down the accelerator systems at Fermilab and CERN.

The bottom quark may lead physicists on a path to new discoveries.

The touring Tactile Collider event explores new ways to access Large Hadron Collider science through touch, sound and live interaction.

What’s it like being a theoretical neutrino physicist working on the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility?

When they look for violations of Einstein’s general relativity, physicists deliberately plan experiments to find nothing at all.

Are these mass-giving particles hanging out with dark matter?

When it comes to talent, versatility and the power to change the world, which atomic particle is the champ? Read what our four contenders have to say—then you decide.