A new review in Nature chronicles the many ways machine learning is popping up in particle physics research. Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider produce about a million gigabytes of data every second. Even after reduction and com... Continue reading →

Sometimes teenage rebellion means going for a degree in physics. Although Jim Hanhardt originally planned to become a theoretical chemist, his life took a turn when he developed a love for motorcycles. Shortly after, he traded in his ... Continue reading →

Lead atoms with a single remaining electron circulated in the Large Hadron Collider. Protons might be the Large Hadron Collider’s bread and butter, but that doesn’t mean it can’t crave more exotic tastes from time to time. On July 25,... Continue reading →

The idea that science skills are innate and great discoveries are made only by “lone geniuses” is losing traction in STEM. Before Lauren Aguilar began her freshman year of college, she had dreams of becoming a neuroscientist. She reme... Continue reading →

Fermilab’s Lia Merminga talks to Symmetry about her early experiences in STEM and her drive to solve science’s unanswered questions. Lia Merminga At just 16 years old, inspired by family members, a great teacher ... Continue reading →

Machine learning will become an even more important tool when scientists upgrade to the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider. When do a few scattered dots become a line? And when does that line become a particle track? For decades, p... Continue reading →

Making new discoveries may require writing new software first. Scientists conceived of the Large Hadron Collider and its experiments in 1992. Back then, Apple was starting to figure out the laptop computer, and a CERN fellow named Tim... Continue reading →

A pair of results bring neutrinos into the new era of multi-messenger astronomy. On September 22, 2017, a tiny but energetic particle pierced Earth’s atmosphere and smashed into the planet near the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in... Continue reading →