Particle physics

The long and strange lives of Enrico Fermi’s accelerator building at UChicago Exterior of the building

The long and strange lives of Enrico Fermi’s accelerator building at UChicago

Campus space has shaped scientific research, from cosmic rays to the Higgs boson to dinosaur fossils

Department of Energy selects UChicago-URA-led Fermi Forward Discovery Group to operate Fermilab Photo of large buildings with flowers outside

Department of Energy selects UChicago-URA-led Fermi Forward Discovery Group to operate Fermilab

FermiForward will bring scientific rigor and operational expertise to nation’s premier particle physics center

Fermilab short-baseline detector detects its first neutrinos a room of scientists cheer in front of a bank of computers

Fermilab short-baseline detector detects its first neutrinos

Experiment turns on to search for answers to mysteries and evidence of new physics

The colossal caverns for Fermilab’s DUNE experiment have been fully excavated View peering down into a gigantic door-shaped hole in the ground, with lights along sides and equipment visible

The colossal caverns for Fermilab’s DUNE experiment have been fully excavated

Milestone for Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, under construction to search for clues about mysterious particles

Committee lays out research priorities for future of U.S. particle physics Technician in full-body blue suit, gloves, and mask leans in with a tool between two large silver cylinders

Committee lays out research priorities for future of U.S. particle physics

P5 report includes UChicago, Fermilab experiments to study neutrinos, cosmic microwave background

Muon g-2 experiment reinforces surprise result, setting up physics ‘showdown’ An overhead view of a very large round particle accelerator in a building with people working in the center

Muon g-2 experiment reinforces surprise result, setting up physics ‘showdown’

UChicago scientists to help lay out vision for future of particle physics Photo looking down tunnel with large physics equipment

UChicago scientists to help lay out vision for future of particle physics

Turner, Kim, Carena among group to consider most pressing questions in coming decades and tools to tackle them

Scientists announced the discovery of the Higgs boson 10 years ago. What’s next? Wide-angle photo of gigantic detector equipment at CERN

Scientists announced the discovery of the Higgs boson 10 years ago. What’s next?

UChicago physicists on the quest to find the particle, what tells us about the universe and what’s next

Scientists propose ‘BREAD’ experiment to find particles of mysterious dark matter BREAD Detector - quantum sensor

Scientists propose ‘BREAD’ experiment to find particles of mysterious dark matter

UChicago, Fermilab researchers design experiment to look for axions over a wide range of frequencies and masses

Local nuclear reactor helps UChicago scientists catch and study neutrinos Man in hard hat stands near roped-off area with chest-height box in industrial setting

Local nuclear reactor helps UChicago scientists catch and study neutrinos