BYLINE: Greg Cunningham, with contributions by Chris Driver and Dawn Levy Newswise — David Radford has built his career on helping his fellow scientists see what would otherwise remain invisible.…
Category: Physics
Science Comes to Life for Visitors
BYLINE: Amber Rose Newswise — More than 8,000 guests spent the day meeting researchers, visiting major research facilities and taking part in activities in AI, particle physics, materials, energy and more.…
ORNL’s Jason Newby Advances Neutrino Research Frontiers
Newswise — Scientist Jason Newby measures phenomena that have never been observed, including a neutrino bouncing off an atomic nucleus — a signal as subtle as the tiny recoil of…
Los Alamos Scientists Uncover New Insights Into Gamma Ray Bursts
Newswise — Long-duration gamma-ray bursts are some of the most energetic events in the universe, releasing more energy in just a few seconds than the sun emits in 10 billion…
Strong Force Interactions Are Complex. This New Trick Makes Them Easier to Understand
BYLINE: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Newswise — Humans intuitively understand gravity. The closer we get to massive body, the more we feel the gravitational pull. The further away we…
Research Sheds New Light on Laser Polarization Effects in NIF Experiments
Newswise — Experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) require breathtaking precision. Each of the 192 lasers is focused to a width of a few millimeters to…
Muon G-2 Experiment Receives Prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
BYLINE: Jen Roney Newswise — Argonne scientists contributed to the Muon g-2 experiment hosted at Fermilab, recognized with the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for delivering the world’s most…
Dark Matter in the Center of the Milky Way Not Ruled Out
Newswise — An international research collaboration between the University of Vienna and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States has used machine learning to re-examine one of the most…
Fermilab Storage Infrastructure Enables AI-Driven Scientific and Research Discovery for DOE’s Genesis Mission
BYLINE: Maxwell Bernstein Newswise — When the U.S. Department of Energy launched the Genesis Mission to supercharge artificial intelligence-driven scientific discovery and innovation, it needed more than supercomputers. It required secure, best-in-class…
The Apex of RHIC Physics: 2026 Users’ Meeting Recap
BYLINE: By Karen McNulty Walsh and Kelly Lazzaro Newswise — Scientists conducting research at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS), and the supporting accelerator complex at…
