A new measurement appears to have eliminated an anomaly that had captivated physicists for nearly a decade.

The first results from the Muon g-2 experiment hosted at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory show fundamental particles called muons behaving in a way not predicted by the Standard Model of...

How many new particles has the LHC discovered? The most widely known discovery is of course that of the Higgs boson. Less well known is the fact that, over the past 10 years, the LHC experiments have...

Particle physics might seem too complex for young children, but educators are finding enthusiasm and understanding even among the Sesame Street set.

Not only are we made of fundamental particles, we also produce them and are constantly bombarded by them throughout the day.

Wolfgang Pauli postulated the existence of a neutral, light-weight particle that could save the fundamental law of the conservation of energy.

The first results from the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab were unveiled and discussed in a special seminar on April 7, 2021. The experimental result was pre...

Hints of anomalous activity in heavy isotopes could be clues to new physics

IBM quantum computer runs machine-learning algorithm to find Higgs events

Let yourself be pulled into the weird world of black holes.

Fermilab has been selected to lead one of five national centers to bring about transformational advances in quantum information science as a part of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative. The initia...

Fast electronics and artificial intelligence are helping physicists capture data and decide what to keep and what to throw away.

Noether's theorem is a thread woven into the fabric of the science.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is the premier particle physics lab in the United States. Founded as the National Accelerator Laboratory in 1967, it was renamed after physicist Enrico Fermi in...

Four physicists share their experiences dealing with major setbacks, trauma, mental health issues and toxic work environments.

Make a cloud chamber and watch fundamental particles zip through your living room!

The first Indian scientist to join CERN was recently recognized with the highest honor of India for overseas citizens.

What does it take to envision and build a seemingly impossible particle accelerator?

Quantum bits acting as particle detectors offer a fast and highly reliable means of solving one of the great mysteries in physics: the nature of dark matter. This new method promises a more efficient...

These creators intertwine art and science.

Quantum computing will affect the future of every area of science, creating the need for a quantum-fluent workforce. In collaboration with two high school teachers, a group of Fermilab theorists has...

I do not think it means what you think it means.

Neutrinos don’t seem to get their mass in the same way as other particles in the Standard Model.

Scientists on an experiment at the Large Hadron Collider see massive W particles emerging from collisions with electromagnetic fields. How can this happen?

Later this decade, the Large Hadron Collider will be upgraded to the High-Luminosity LHC. What does “luminosity” mean in particle physics?

The first results from the Muon g-2 experiment hosted at Fermilab show fundamental particles called muons behaving in a way not predicted by the Standard Mod...

If a particle has no mass, how can it exist?

Let yourself be pulled into the weird world of black holes.

The TOTEM collaboration at the LHC and the DØ collaboration at the Tevatron collider at Fermilab have discovered an elusive state of three gluons.

Explore the elementary particles that make up our universe.

Even world-famous theorist Juan Maldacena wasn’t sure at first whether he should pursue a PhD in physics.

Want to jump into particle physics? This playlist tackles some of the most intriguing topics - from the size of our universe and the kinds of matter within i...

For the first time, particle physicists have been able to precisely measure the proton’s size and structure using neutrinos with data gathered from thousands of neutrino-hydrogen scattering events...

Our best model of particle physics explains only about 5 percent of the universe.