Physics on tour

A group called the Big Bang Collective sets up physics discovery stations at rather unexpected venues: music festivals.

DESI early data release holds nearly two million objects

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The first batch of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to mine. Taken during the experiment’s “survey validation” phase, the data include distant galaxies and quasars as well as stars in our own Milky Way.

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A cosmological headache

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For over a century, scientists have wondered what is counteracting the force of gravity in the universe.

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The US and UK team up to advance quantum information science

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Royal Holloway University of London and the National Physical Laboratory bring expertise and research capabilities to the SQMS Center as new partnership institutions.

Construction worker injured at Fermilab

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On Thursday afternoon, a contracted construction worker sustained injuries as a result of a fall at Fermilab’s PIP II construction area of the Batavia campus.

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From inventor to entrepreneur

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Creating a startup to commercialize technology developed during research is a risky road for physicists and engineers, but the help of experts can improve their chances.