An introduction to why we believe that Dark Matter is a good solution to observations of galactic rotations. http://news.fnal.gov/2012/01/dark-matter-are-you-serious/, Don Lincoln.

The Higgs Boson does not account for all of the mass in the Universe. http://news.fnal.gov/2012/01/origins-of-mass-it-s-not-what-you-think/, by Don Lincoln.

A description of how scientists deal with uncertainty in measurements. http://news.fnal.gov/2011/12/statistical-significance-are-you-sure-that-you-re-sure/, by Don Lincoln.

“Physics in a Nutshell” is a new feature of the Fermilab news. In this column, Fermilab’s Don Lincoln will define one commonly used term in physics. This article was originally published on November 18, 2011. http://news.fnal.gov/2011/11/the-standard-model-the-most-successful-theory-ever/, by Don Lincoln.

How much can you know from a limited data set? A look back of our estimates on the Top Quark mass when we had small amounts of data. http://news.fnal.gov/2016/10/the-most-you-can-know/, by Leo Bellantoni

We are expanding the Fermilab Today Result of the Week podcast to include the Fermilab News feature, Physics in a nutshell. Also, I am personally organizing a year-long photography challenge for people at Fermilab called DIFF, the Daily Image From … Continue reading →

A basic understanding of how CMS goes from 40 million potential events per second to something that can actually be recorded. http://news.fnal.gov/2016/10/cms-trigger-taming-firehose/, by Bo Jayatilaka.

Cosmic rays are with us all the time, but they are a pain. This article outlines some of the techniques that are used at Fermilab to remove cosmic rays from experimental data. http://news.fnal.gov/2016/10/cosmic-rays-pain/, by University of Virginia professor E. Craig … Continue reading →

Has CMS seen anything interesting in 8-jet events at 8 TeV center-of-mass energy? http://news.fnal.gov/2016/10/eight-is-enough/, by Don Lincoln.

Can the Higgs boson participate in lepton-number violation? http://news.fnal.gov/2016/09/lepton-flavor-violation-search-mismatched-higgs-boson-decays-cms/, by Bo Jayatilaka.