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Curiouser and curiouser: a riddle at the ALICE detector

12/09/25

Sarah Charley

In 2023, the ALICE experiment was ready for their best year yet, until a mysterious signal threatened everything. As the LHC wraps up its 2025 lead-ion run, physicists recall how they worked together to solve the puzzle.

Photo of a train traveling along tracks out in the desert

09/28/17

Conjuring ghost trains for safety

A Fermilab technical specialist recently invented a device that could help alert oncoming trains to large vehicles stuck on the tracks.

Fermilab employee shows experiments to guests at Fermilab open house

09/28/17

Fermilab on display

The national laboratory opened usually inaccessible areas of its campus to thousands of visitors to celebrate 50 years of discovery.

Scientists use the facility’s powerful light source for their experiments

09/26/17

Shining with possibility

As Jordan-based SESAME nears its first experiments, members are connecting in new ways.

09/19/17

50 years of stories

To celebrate a half-century of discovery, Fermilab has been gathering tales of life at the lab.

Two scientists in hard hats stand next to a cart holding detector components.

09/15/17

SENSEI searches for light dark matter

Technology proposed 30 years ago to search for dark matter is finally seeing the light.

Cityscape background, woman with stars in her eyes looks on towards the stars

09/12/17

Clearing a path to the stars

Astronomers are at the forefront of the fight against light pollution, which can obscure our view of the cosmos.

A technician from the Optosmart company examines the field in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon.

09/08/17

Detectors in the dirt

A humidity and temperature monitor developed for CMS finds a new home in Lebanon.

09/05/17

What can particles tell us about the cosmos?

The minuscule and the immense can reveal quite a bit about each other.

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