A new Daya Bay result advances our understanding of neutrinos by precisely measuring their oscillation behavior at different energies. Scientists on an experiment that in 2012 revealed an important aspect of neutrinos announced this week that they ha... Continue reading →

After a successful trial run, a CERN antimatter experiment plans to use crowdsourcing to analyze its data. Scientists investigating the effect of gravity on antimatter recently conducted a different kind of experiment: They asked members of the publi... Continue reading →

Years of particle physics study helped shape immunologist Judy Lieberman’s unusual approach to protecting against devastating diseases. Judy Lieberman was a post-Sputnik child who soaked up science and math and dreamed big. “We were raised wi... Continue reading →

A research program at CERN for US undergraduates lets students test-drive a career in particle physics. In twos and threes, undergraduate students filter into a conference room on a stiflingly hot July afternoon. They greet each other, recounting the... Continue reading →

A New York rock band named after a Fermilab neutrino experiment recently visited their namesake for the first time. Doug Schrashun once wrote a song named after a concept in quantum mechanics for a band named after a neutrino experiment. But he is no... Continue reading →

Through the “Snowmass” process, particle physicists discussed the field’s biggest unanswered questions and thoroughly analyzed the tools needed to answer them. Particle physics has made huge advances in the past few decades. Forty y... Continue reading →

Perlmutter chats with symmetry about the fate of the universe and a certain phone call from the Swedish Academy. Physicist Saul Perlmutter of the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory won a half share of t... Continue reading →

For a little over a month this summer, a huge electromagnet slowly journeyed from New York to Illinois, offering great photo opportunities along the way. If you thought you saw a massive electromagnet being motored up the Mississippi River or driven ... Continue reading →