Calling young scientists: Google teams up with CERN and Fermilab for 2012 science fair
Submissions opened today for Google’s second annual science fair. Last year’s winner earned a trip to CERN laboratory in Europe, among other things. This year not one, but two particle physics institutions will contribute to the fair. Engineer Stev... Continue reading
Belle experiment makes exotic discovery
The Belle Experiment at KEK laboratory in Japan has discovered two unexpected new types of hadrons. Continue reading
Clearest picture yet of dark matter points the way to better understanding of dark energy
Two teams of physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have independently made the largest direct measurements of the invisible scaffolding of the universe, building maps of dark matter using new... Continue reading
J-PARC completes first successful test run after earthquake
Ten months after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan, the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) completed the first full test run for their system. Continue reading
LHC heads into new year with first particle discovery
The first new particle was seen at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland shortly before Christmas. The ATLAS collaboration announced the discovery of the particle Chi-b (3P), which consists of a bottom quark and antiquark particle bound toge... Continue reading
The twelve days of winter break: particle physics edition
As symmetry breaking closes down for its long winter's nap, please enjoy (or at least put up with) a badly adapted holiday song and the chance to reflect on a fascinating year in particle physics. Continue reading
Happy 10th Birthday, WLCG!
Amid all the hype and excitement of the new physics being announced from experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in 2011, there was another, little known, cause for celebration: the anniversary of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG). Continue reading
U.S. ships world’s largest digital camera to Chile
A four-ton digital camera landed safely in Chile this month on its way to making history by enabling the world’s largest galaxy survey, starting next year. Getting the camera there was a worldwide feat of technology and transportation prowess. Continue reading
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