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12/17/24
Quanta

The year in physics

Physicists discovered strange supersolids, constructed new kinds of superconductors, and continued to make the case that the cosmos is far weirder than anyone suspected.

12/16/24
Fermilab

Fermilab expecting 95-ton coldbox delivery

A 55-by-14-foot cryogenic vessel coldbox will soon arrive at the lab after a two-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, passage up the Mississippi River and a slow, careful drive via interstate to Batavia, Illinois.

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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. 

Illustration of a line of people walking past Drumheller Fountain at the University of Washington
07/12/22

Final Snowmass meeting to be held next week

The workshop is the culmination of a two-year process to provide a scientific vision and detailed proposals to the planning process for the future of US particle physics.

Illustration: Kaplan, Arkani-Hamed, Dunford in foreground, sitting in theater, clips of documentary overlaying background
06/23/22

Particle Fever: Where are they now?

The 2013 documentary Particle Fever follows physicists from the start-up of the LHC through the discovery of the Higgs boson. Where are those physicists now?

Illustration of particle collision surrounded by four scientists
06/21/22

Reverberations of the Higgs

The discovery of the Higgs boson inspired young people around the world to pursue a career in science and technology.

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06/14/22

Connecting with physics

Professors find ways to show students that physics is more than just a set of laws and equations.

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