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Image of two ILC videos
06/05/13

The ILC through two lenses

Two regions in Japan vying to be the site of the proposed International Linear Collider have produced wildly different promotional videos.

Illustration of 5 spools of thread and thimble
06/04/13

Unification of forces

What if all of nature’s forces can be woven together into one comprehensive force?

Image of early Z boson
05/31/13

Three decades of the Z

Thirty years ago this month, CERN scientists announced the discovery of the Z boson, an elusive elementary particle that transmits the weak force.

Illustration of "Exploring the Universal Glue by: Kandice Carter"
05/28/13

Exploring the universal glue

Our visible universe is built mostly of glue, which generates roughly 98 percent of visible mass. Now, an experiment is gearing up to study novel manifestations of that glue.

Photo of FACET laser
05/23/13

FACET boosts plasma acceleration

Upgrades to the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests—including a new 10-terawatt laser—will assist in R&D for new methods of particle acceleration.

Photo of docent talking to group
05/21/13

Face of Fermilab

Former biology teacher Felicia Svoboda shows Fermilab visitors the ins and outs of doing science.

Illustration of two people sitting at table cherry pie: deconstruction
05/14/13

The cherry pie collider

What’s the next step in particle colliders? Symmetry takes a trip into the kitchen pantry to find out.

Image of 2012 INSPIRE top cited papers: word cloud
05/12/13

The top 40 physics hits of 2012

The Higgs boson is a popular subject among the most-cited physics papers of 2012, but a particle simulation manual takes the top spot.

Photo of muon ring model
05/08/13

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Muon g-2 experiment kicks off this summer with the move of a 50-foot-wide ring-shaped cryostat from New York to Illinois.