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Photons light the way

12/01/25

Emily Ayshford

Photons, for centuries both a puzzle and a tool, continue to help scientists illuminate nature at the smallest and largest scales.

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09/03/24

Physics beyond the imaginable

The CMS experiment is developing a new type of trigger that looks for anomalies.

LZ’s central detector, the time projection chamber, in a surface lab clean room before delivery underground.

08/26/24

LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matter

New results from the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe’s invisible mass.

Illustration of Edgar Marrufo Villalpando

08/20/24

The adaptable physicist

Edgar Marrufo Villalpando went from Mexico to the United States and from computational physics to astronomical instrumentation to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a physicist.

The 2×2 prototype detector for the DUNE near detector was placed in its cryostat in October 2023

08/12/24

DUNE scientists observe first neutrinos with prototype detector at Fermilab

The prototype of a novel particle detection system for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment successfully recorded its first accelerator neutrinos.

Conceptual illustration of a pie with a lattice crust

07/25/24

Explain it in 60 Seconds: Lattice QCD

Lattice gauge theory, or lattice QCD, is a calculation method that helps scientists make predictions about the behavior of quarks at low energies.

A live video event in the massive DUNE caverns

07/17/24

The view from Neutrino Day 2024

About 2,200 people took part in hands-on science activities, performances, lectures and exhibits at Sanford Underground Research Facility's Neutrino Day celebration this year.

07/02/24

The boson that physics almost rejected

Nobel Laureate Peter Higgs died earlier this year. Twelve years ago this week, physicists discovered the particle that bears his name.

06/26/24

John Bahcall: Godfather of solar neutrinos

Bahcall’s scientific legacy is visible across the field of astrophysics

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