At the center of all leading particle physics labs are the particle accelerators that make the research possible. But just why are particle accelerators necessary? What do they do? In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don explains it all.

There’s more to the cosmos than meets the eye. In fact, there’s a BIG part of the universe that we don’t know much about. Join physicists on Fermilab’s YouTube for a live Q&A about dark matter at 11 a.m. on Oct. 30.

The discovery of the Higgs boson was a long process. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don tells us how scientists searched for the Higgs boson over the years, using three major accelerators and culminating finally in the discovery in 2012.

The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 was the culmination of decades of work. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don gives us a taste of the sprint to discovery.

Virtual particles are one of those topics of modern physics that just don’t sound real. How can particles just appear and disappear without anyone seeing them. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don dives into the topic, giving us an understanding of how virtual particles arise from quantum field theory.

Take a tour of the “Fermilab Quantum Network”. We’ll join Research Associate Andrew Cameron to explore experimental quantum optics, quantum sensing, and connecting quantum devices through fiber-optic cables. Watch as we take you through laser pulse generation, entangled photon pair production, and ultrafast single photon detection for quantum communication protocols.

FQNET is a part of the Advanced Quantum Networks for Scientific Discovery (AQNET-SD) project and includes recognized leaders in quantum network technologies: Argonne, Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Together, the collaboration has demonstrated quantum teleportation, picosecond synchronization of quantum nodes, and developed high rate entanglement sources to highlight a few of the 15 publications.

Learn more at https://quantum.fnal.gov/

Even decades after discovering neutrinos have mass, scientists still don’t know what that mass is or how they get it. Join Even Bananas host Dr. Kirsty Duffy, along with guest theoretical physicist Dr. Pedro Machado, as they discuss different theories of how neutrinos get their mass.

It seems that predicting the energy density of empty space should be a simple thing, yet it turns out that the two best theories of modern physics (the standard model and the general theory of relativity) make staggeringly different predictions. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don admits to this dirty little secret of physics.

Presenting “The Quantum Garage” at the Fermilab-hosted SQMS Center! The 6,000-sq.-ft. lab was imagined, designed and built by the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center to unite scientific communities, industries and start-ups nationally and internationally to advance quantum information, science and technology.

The SQMS Center is one of five research centers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a national initiative to develop and deploy the world’s most powerful quantum computers and sensors.

Popular science explanations of the standard model usually describe four forces (strong nuclear, electromagnetism, weak nuclear, and gravity). They also claim that some of the forces are stronger than others. What they don’t tell you is that all of those claims are only valid for distances comparable to the radius of a proton. For different size scales, the order of the strength of the forces can be wildly different.