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Muons: Emblems of discovery

01/13/26

Diana Kwon

Once a surprise to physicists, these particles are useful tools inside and outside the realm of particle physics.

09/30/13

Millions around the world, both scientists and non-scientists, use Scientific Linux, an operating system developed for particle physics.

09/25/13

Fermilab physicists and educators mingled with young adult science enthusiasts at Adler After Dark.

09/25/13

Astrophysicists find a new use for the video cards that give computer games that movie quality: crunching scientific data.

09/24/13

In their search for fundamental truths, particle physicists have a lot in common with explorers everywhere.

09/23/13

Through the “Collision” contest, 22 artists and scientists pushed themselves into new territory, portraying the concept of “new physics” through art.

09/13/13

Finding micro black holes at the LHC would alert scientists to the existence of extra dimensions, which might explain why gravity seems so weak.

09/12/13

A brewery near Fermilab honors the arrival of a giant electromagnet.

09/06/13

A Fermilab physicist and TED artists have created a short animation about the most famous description of the Higgs field.