Cross sections tell physicists how likely particles are to interact in a given way.
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The funds will support collaborations with partners in computer science and applied mathematics to address problems in high-energy physics with advanced computing solutions.
Georgia Schwender deals in cyanotypes, prairies and people.
Researchers from Caltech and the University of Southern California report the first application of quantum computing to a physics problem. By employing quantum-compatible machine learning techniques, they developed a method of extracting a rare Higgs boson signal from copious noise data.
A type of electron lens developed at Fermilab lends itself to future collider applications.
As you walk down the stairs from the main floor of Wilson Hall to the auditorium vestibule, look up to the near edge of the wood block ceiling.
It was 1972, and the Meson Lab was just working on its first beam transport. As I sat and fiddled with the MAC-16 control computer to see what it would do, I looked up to see a gentleman walking towards me wearing a beret and wearing a top coat.
Scientists Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish won the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics for their roles in creating the LIGO experiment.
Fermilab directors receive formal recognition for their pioneering science, an important groundbreaking takes place, and a new education program takes off in October.
The national laboratory opened usually inaccessible areas of its campus to thousands of visitors to celebrate 50 years of discovery.