One minute with Farah Fahim, electrical engineer
You can’t buy electronics for particle detectors off the shelf. Farah Fahim is one of the engineers who designs them.
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How heavy is a neutrino?
The question is more complicated than it seems.
CERN ramps up neutrino program
U.S.-CERN partnership takes on the mystery of neutrinos.
Anything to declare?
Sometimes being a physicist means giving detector parts the window seat.
This month in Fermilab history: January
As part of our year-long recognition of Fermilab’s 50th anniversary, we will feature a few important milestones in the laboratory’s history every month.
2016 year in particle physics
Scientists furthered studies of the Higgs boson, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation and continued the search for undiscovered particles, forces and principles.
Ned Goldwasser, Fermilab’s first deputy director, dies
Edwin L. Goldwasser, deputy director of Fermilab at its founding in 1967, died on Dec. 14. He was 97.
Physics books of 2016
As 2016 comes to a close, Symmetry writer Mike Perricone takes us through the latest additions to his collection of popular science books related to particle physics.
Science with sprinkles
Holiday guests will gravitate toward these physics cookies.
Dark Energy Survey discovers potential new dwarf planet
- astronomy
- astrophysics
- Dark Energy Camera
- Dark Energy Survey
- Michigan
- Pennsylvania
- University of Michigan
- University of Pennsylvania
DeeDee, a potential new dwarf planet at the edge of our solar system, was discovered in one of DES’ many analyses of faraway galaxies.