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Machine learning and experiment

04/25/24

Sarah Charley

For more than 20 years in experimental particle physics and astrophysics, machine learning has been accelerating the pace of science, helping scientists tackle problems of greater and greater complexity.

Two women dancing in space

06/27/17

The rise of LIGO’s space-studying super-team

The era of multi-messenger astronomy promises rich rewards—and a steep learning curve.

Howie Day plays a song at CERN

06/23/17

Howie Day records love song to physics

After the musician learned that grad students at CERN had created a parody of his 2004 single “Collide,” he flew to Switzerland to sing it at the LHC.

Yellow and red collage of ATLAS machine and students in classroom

06/22/17

African School works to develop local expertise

Universities in Africa are teaming up to offer free training to students interested in fundamental physics.

Image of stars and reddish, glowing clouds of dust at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy

06/20/17

A speed trap for dark matter, revisited

A NASA rocket experiment could use the Doppler effect to look for signs of dark matter in mysterious X-ray emissions from space.

Collage of 50 years of discovery at Fermilab

06/15/17

From the cornfield to the cosmos

Fermilab celebrates 50 years of discovery.

Wilson hall with "EN/ES" typography

06/13/17

Fermilab en español (EN)

The particle physics laboratory makes a Spanish connection.

Text EN over ES on top of image of Wilson Hall

06/13/17

Fermilab en español (ES)

El laboratorio de física de partículas establece una conexión en español.

Cutaway image showing the two beam pipes inside the Large Hadron Collider

06/12/17

How to clean inside the LHC

The beam pipes of the LHC need to be so clean, even air molecules count as dirt.

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