07/28/20
What dark matter is (probably) not
No one knows for sure what dark matter is. But we know we need something to explain what we see in the universe, and we’ve crossed a few ideas off of our list.
07/21/20
Behind the scenes of the CMS experiment’s 1000th paper
What does it take to publish a scientific analysis in one of the world’s largest experiments?
07/14/20
CONNIE gets closer to picturing reactor neutrinos
A collaboration of the Americas aims to take the first pioneering images of low-energy neutrinos and provide new data to shed light on the mysterious identity of dark matter.
07/07/20
Making science more equitable, starting with 101
A new collaborative project aims to make introductory STEM courses successful for everyone.
06/30/20
Hundreds of hadrons
Hadrons count among their number the familiar protons and neutrons that make up our atoms, but they are much more than that.
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The stories a muon could tell
The discovery of the muon originally confounded physicists. Today international experiments are using the previously perplexing particle to gain a new understanding of our world.
06/09/20
How do neutrinos get their mass?
Neutrinos don’t seem to get their mass in the same way as other particles in the Standard Model.
05/26/20
The sourdough starter physics family
A sourdough family started at Fermilab by a graduate student visiting from Texas A&M has continued to expand and flourish.