Studying rare particle events, and events at particularly high energy, through the Intensity Frontier at Fermilab http://news.fnal.gov/2012/06/why-high-intensity/, by Don Lincoln.

Three good reasons why Fermilab, and other physics labs, aspire for “high energy”. http://news.fnal.gov/2012/06/why-high-energy/, by Don Lincoln.

Why scientists say that quarks have color (and it is because something used a crayon on them). http://news.fnal.gov/2012/05/it-s-a-colorful-world/, by Don Lincoln.

Quarks and gluons are more generically called “partons.” http://news.fnal.gov/2012/05/quarks-and-gluons-and-partons-oh-my/, by Don Lincoln.

To identify a particle, sometimes we need to look at the particle’s decay products and work backwards. http://news.fnal.gov/2012/04/subatomic-bomb-squad/, by Don Lincoln

How do we make sense of the mess we see in high-energy collisions? http://news.fnal.gov/2012/04/subatomic-csi/, by Don Lincoln

Multiple experiments at one accelerator, like DZero and CDF or CMS and ATLAS, or even experiments at different laboratories, can combine results for a more precise measurement. With measurements properly combined, we are much more confident when we announce a … Continue reading →

People are made of molecules. Molecules are made of atoms. Atoms are made of protons, neutrons and electrons, Protons and neutrons are made of quarks and gluons. Is that the end? http://news.fnal.gov/2012/03/and-so-ad-infinitum-smallest-of-the-small/, by Don Lincoln

An introduction to the concept of “dark energy.” http://news.fnal.gov/2012/02/our-gothic-universe/, by Don Lincoln.

A introduction to what physicists mean by extra dimensions (and it is not that Mr. Spock has an evil twin with a beard — sorry). http://news.fnal.gov/2012/02/extra-dimensions-what-s-up-with-that/, by Don Lincoln.