07/30/20
A study conducted by the TEAM-UP task force provides a road map for doubling the number of African Americans obtaining bachelor’s degrees in physics and astronomy.
07/28/20
No one knows for sure what dark matter is. But we know we need something to explain what we see in the universe, and we’ve crossed a few ideas off of our list.
07/21/20
What does it take to publish a scientific analysis in one of the world’s largest experiments?
07/14/20
A collaboration of the Americas aims to take the first pioneering images of low-energy neutrinos and provide new data to shed light on the mysterious identity of dark matter.
07/07/20
A new collaborative project aims to make introductory STEM courses successful for everyone.
06/30/20
Hadrons count among their number the familiar protons and neutrons that make up our atoms, but they are much more than that.
06/16/20
The discovery of the muon originally confounded physicists. Today international experiments are using the previously perplexing particle to gain a new understanding of our world.
06/09/20
Neutrinos don’t seem to get their mass in the same way as other particles in the Standard Model.
05/26/20
A sourdough family started at Fermilab by a graduate student visiting from Texas A&M has continued to expand and flourish.
05/21/20
Physicists are finding ways to contribute to projects related to epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, supporting healthcare systems, and studying public sentiment.
05/18/20
Physicist Cristiano Galbiati shifted focus from the search for dark matter to the shortage of ventilators for COVID-19 patients. The collaboration he began created an easy-to-manufacture ventilator in less than two months.
05/15/20
Experimentalists and theorists search for Higgs bosons escaping as dark matter.
05/07/20
Fermilab guest composer David Ibbett releases a neutrino-inspired video and commentary.
05/04/20
The group Science Responds harnesses physicists’ expertise in fields like data science, statistics and software development to support efforts to respond to COVID-19.
04/30/20
Scientists study rare, one-in-a-trillion heavy boson collisions happening inside the LHC.
04/28/20
Supernova 1987A, the closest supernova observed with modern technology, excited the world more than 30 years ago—and it remains an intriguing subject of study even today.
