The July issue of symmetry hits virtual newsstands today, with insight into the hunt for the Higgs boson, a new accelerator test bed at SLAC, and the path less traveled. Continue reading →

After more than 10 years of gathering and analyzing data produced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Tevatron collider, scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations have found their strongest indication to date for the long-sought Higgs particle. Continue reading →

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is a large spiral galaxy surrounded by dozens of smaller satellite galaxies. Scientists have long theorized that occasionally these satellites will pass through the disk of the Milky Way, perturbing both the satellite and the... Continue reading →

During a recent symposium at Fermilab, a speaker took the stage to defend government investment in basic science. He used an odd tactic: He called particle physics unreasonable. Continue reading →

In connection with a symposium celebrating the Tevatron, Fermilab scientists gave special tours of the collider's two experiments. A reporter from Naperville Community Television Channel 17 took the opportunity to visit the detectors and filed this rep... Continue reading →

Every two years, the international Particle Data Group releases a new edition of The Review of Particle Physics. The 2012 edition, which runs over 1,400 pages long, was released online today. Continue reading →

A new crack in the Standard Model may be starting to form. Recently analyzed data from the BaBar experiment show that one type of particle decay happens more often than predicted by the Standard Model. Continue reading →