Chicago to host ICHEP conference Aug. 3-10 July 21, 2016 conferenceICHEPmeetingFermilab feature More than 1,350 physicists from around the world will converge in Chicago for the biennial ICHEP conference in August to share new research results, announce new projects, and talk about the most intriguing mysteries of the universe.
A primer on particle accelerators July 12, 2016 acceleratorSymmetry feature What’s the difference between a synchrotron and a cyclotron, anyway?
Incredible hulking facts about gamma rays July 5, 2016 gamma raylightphotonsSymmetry feature From lightning to the death of electrons, the highest-energy form of light is everywhere.
LHCb discovers family of tetraquarks June 29, 2016 CDFCERNLarge Hadron ColliderLHCLHCbtetraquarkSymmetry feature Researchers found four new particles made of the same four building blocks.
Six talks you won't want to miss at Neutrino 2016 June 29, 2016 CERNDeep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNEIndianaIndiana UniversityJapanMicroBooNEMINERvAMINOSneutrinoNOvAUnited KingdomUniversity of ChicagoFermilab feature The 27th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, commonly called Neutrino 2016, will bring together scientists from experiments around the world. Scientists working with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will give numerous presentations at Neutrino 2016 and unveil some significant results.
Preparing for their magnetic moment June 28, 2016 detector technologyMuon g-2muonsSymmetry feature Scientists are using a plastic robot and hair-thin pieces of metal to ready a magnet that will hunt for new physics.
Helen Edwards, visionary behind Fermilab’s Tevatron, dies June 27, 2016 deathpeopleFermilab feature Helen Edwards, one of the most vital contributors to the success of Fermilab over its five-decade history, died on June 21 at the age of 80.
The Higgs-shaped elephant in the room June 23, 2016 CERNCMSHiggs bosonLHCSymmetry feature Higgs bosons should mass-produce bottom quarks. So why is it so hard to see it happening?
All four one and one for all June 21, 2016 forcequantum physicstheorySymmetry feature A theory of everything would unite the four forces of nature, but is such a thing possible?
The neutrino turns 60 June 14, 2016 anniversaryneutrinoSymmetry feature Project Poltergeist led to the discovery of the ghostly particle. Sixty years later, scientists are confronted with more neutrino mysteries than ever before.