Muons: Emblems of discovery

The muon guys: On the hunt for new physics

That physicists are still fighting for the Mu2e experiment is a testament to the strength of the science behind it.

Nobel meeting

Toward the end of June 1962, a virtual pantheon of modern physics descended on a tiny island just off the shores of Lake Constance, in Germany’s rolling Bavarian countryside.

Neutrino

A recycling tale that's hard to top

There's luck, and then there is LUCK. Brenna Flaugher has the latter.

Are we there yet?

With the Large Hadron Collider up and running, expectations are high: Shouldn't discoveries start pouring in? These things don't happen overnight. We trace the long, careful path from intriguing data to official discovery.

Ancient winds blow anew at IceCube

Scientists studying global warming hope to use dust buried in Antarctic ice formations to determine how fast the winds blew as many as 90,000 years ago.

A field where jobs go begging

With a growing demand for particle accelerators in science, medicine, and industry, accelerator science is in desperate need of skilled specialists.

Holy beam line! The red phone is ringing

When a villain threatened Gotham City, Commissioner Gordon picked up a bright red phone to call Batman. During the Cold War, a Moscow-to-Washington "red phone" served as a hotline to prevent nuclear attacks. Now SLAC has its own red phone.