archives
June 2013
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June 18, 2013feature: Journey from the center of the Earth
Subatomic particles streaming from the Earth’s interior carry important evidence of the planet’s origins.
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June 14, 2013signal to background: The march of the penguin diagrams
More than 30 years ago, a physicist honored a bet by naming a particle decay diagram after an aquatic bird.
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June 13, 2013breaking: International Linear Collider design is ‘good to go’
After nearly a decade of R&D, the International Linear Collider global design effort crosses the finish line.
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June 13, 2013breaking: CERN computing heads to Eastern Europe
To deal with increasingly data-hungry experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, CERN has built an addition to its data center—in Budapest.
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June 11, 2013day in the life: Former physicist nurtures innovation
Cherie Goodenough finds joy in seeing science research develop into products and applications.
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June 7, 2013contest: Winner: Cinderella’s convertible carriage
Reader Emily Conover wins symmetry’s latest contest with her fairy-tale description of neutrino oscillation.
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June 6, 2013signal to background: A 10-minute lesson in supersymmetry
In two new videos, Fermilab physicist Don Lincoln explains the what and the why of supersymmetry.
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June 6, 2013editorial: Welcome to symmetry!
Published by Fermilab and SLAC, two national laboratories funded by the US Department of Energy's Office of Science, symmetry magazine offers clear, dependable coverage of particle physics and its impacts on the world.
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June 5, 2013signal to background: The ILC through two lenses
Two regions in Japan vying to be the site of the proposed International Linear Collider have produced wildly different promotional videos.
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June 4, 2013explain it in 60 seconds: Unification of forces
What if, like the individual threads that form a piece of cloth, all of nature’s forces can be woven together into one comprehensive force?
May 2013
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May 31, 2013signal to background: Three decades of the Z
Thirty years ago this month, CERN scientists announced the discovery of the Z boson, an elusive elementary particle that transmits the weak force.
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May 29, 2013signal to background: TEDxCERN multiplies dimensions
Videos of the talks at TEDxCERN, many of which dealt with particle physics, are now available online.
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May 28, 2013feature: Exploring the universal glue
Our visible universe is built mostly of glue, which generates roughly 98 percent of visible mass. Now, an experiment is gearing up to study novel manifestations of that glue.
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May 24, 2013signal to background: Accelerator physicists design cargo X-ray scanner
Two SLAC physicists help a local company design and build X-ray devices that scan cargo containers for nuclear materials and other hazards.
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May 23, 2013signal to background: FACET boosts plasma acceleration
Upgrades to the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests—including a new 10-terawatt laser—will assist in R&D for new methods of particle acceleration.
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May 21, 2013day in the life: Face of Fermilab
Former biology teacher Felicia Svoboda shows Fermilab visitors the ins and outs of doing science.
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May 17, 2013signal to background: A banner day at the LHC
An artist honors the people and science of the CMS collaboration.
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May 16, 2013breaking: Moniz confirmed as Energy Secretary
The US Senate has unanimously confirmed MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz as the next Secretary of Energy.
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May 14, 2013deconstruction: The cherry pie collider
What’s the next step in particle colliders? Symmetry takes a trip into the kitchen pantry to find out.
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May 12, 2013signal to background: The top 40 physics hits of 2012
The Higgs boson is a popular subject among the most-cited physics papers of 2012, but a particle simulation manual takes the top spot.