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Photo of Dark Side vessel
10/29/12

Dark-matter seekers get help from the DarkSide

Filled with rare, low-radioactivity material, the DarkSide-50 experiment will have some of the lowest background rates of any dark-matter detector. That should help it detect highly sought-after dark-matter candidates called weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs.

Photo of Leemans' laser lab
10/25/12

Plasma accelerators: High quality, even by the slice

Researchers at Berkeley Lab have measured the quality of beam produced by a plasma accelerator, revealing that this novel type of accelerator may be better suited for light-source science than previously thought.

Image of plasma acceleration simulation
10/24/12

Plasma accelerators: Finding focus

As physicists design new "tabletop" accelerators that power particles with plasma, they also need to reinvent the tools they use to view the beam.

Photo of SLAC aerial
10/23/12

SLAC gets a new director

X-ray scientist Chi-Chang Kao will serve as SLAC's fifth director, assuming the role on November 1.

Illustration of black star bowling ball, with three holes facing up, on hardwood floor
10/23/12

Gravitational waves

If you could detect a bowling ball’s gravitational waves, you would know when someone threw the ball—even if you were standing outside the bowling alley.

Photo grid 3X3 RHAPSODY simulation
10/19/12

Learning to play the dark matter boogie

A growing suite of computational instruments is helping scientists determine how fast local concentrations of dark matter move, which in turn could help them cut in on the dance of dark matter particles.

10/15/12

Galaxy Formation

This simulation shows the formation of large-scale structures and massive galaxies in the early universe.

Photo of CERN computer center
10/15/12

A summer of (physics) code

This summer, seven young coding whizzes contributed to CERN projects through the Google Summer of Code program.

Photo of three-dimensional integrated chip
10/11/12

Electronics in an extra dimension

3D chips—smaller and more powerful than their 2D counterparts—are beginning to make an impact in industry. Now, Fermilab is working with industrial partners to fabricate prototype 3D chips for use in science.

Illustration of Haroche and Wineland
10/09/12

Nobel honors research by particle trappers

Serge Haroche and David Wineland, who opened a new era of research by building particle traps and experimenting with individual particles without destroying them, were honored with the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics.

Photo of cranes on green river surrounded by trees
10/09/12

Caring for the prairie

Volunteers at Fermilab continue the site’s rich history of environmentally responsible land management.