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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 skater Jaime Schaap holding skateboard

10/21/15

Where's my hoverboard?

Real, levitating hoverboards do exist, thanks to quantum mechanics and the interplay between superconductors and magnetic fields.

10/20/15

Frightfully smart jack-o’-lanterns

These physics-themed jack-o’-lanterns come with extra brains.

10/15/15

From the lab to the classroom

Physicist Jennifer Gimmell shares her love of physics with her students.

Illustration of arial view of living room with stars and galaxies on ceiling

10/14/15

Is the universe getting bigger or am I getting smaller?

Physicist Jim Pivarski explains ways to think about the expansion of space.

Graphic of liquid xenon "super pure" to "super rare"

10/13/15

Xenon, xenon everywhere

It’s in the air we breathe, but it’s not so easy to get ahold of 10 metric tons of xenon in its liquid form.

10/07/15

A measurement to watch

Finding a small discrepancy in measurements of the properties of neutrinos could show us how they fit into the bigger picture.

10/02/15

The burgeoning field of neutrino astronomy

A new breed of experiments seeks sources of cosmic rays and other astrophysics phenomena.

09/30/15

Q&A with Fermilab's first artist-in-residence

Symmetry sits down with Lindsay Olson as she wraps up a year of creating art inspired by particle physics.

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