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July 20, 2017
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Experiment Finds Evidence for a Particle That’s Its Own Antiparticle
A team including SIMES principal investigator Shoucheng Zhang says it has found the first firm evidence of such a Majorana fermion.
July 13, 2017
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Symmetry: SLAC Accelerator Plans Appear in Smithsonian Art Exhibit
The late artist June Schwarcz found inspiration in some unusual wrapping paper her husband brought home from the lab.
June 30, 2017
News Feature
Symmetry: What’s Really Happening During an LHC Collision?
It’s less of a collision and more of a symphony.
June 27, 2017
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Symmetry: The Rise of LIGO’s Space-Studying Super-Team
The era of multi-messenger astronomy promises rich rewards—and a steep learning curve.
June 22, 2017
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Symmetry: African School Works to Develop Local Expertise
Universities in sub-Saharan Africa are teaming up to offer free training to students interested in fundamental physics.
June 20, 2017
News Feature
Symmetry: A Speed Trap for Dark Matter, Revisited
A NASA rocket experiment could use the Doppler effect to look for signs of dark matter in mysterious X-ray emissions from space.
June 8, 2017
News Feature
Symmetry: Another Year Wiser
In honor of Fermilab’s upcoming 50th birthday, Symmetry presents physics birthday cards.
June 7, 2017
News Feature
Q&A: SLAC’s Vera Lüth Discusses the Search for New Physics
Data from the BABAR, Belle and LHCb experiments hint at phenomena beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.
Vera-Luth
May 30, 2017
News Feature
Symmetry: A Brief Etymology of Particle Physics
How did the proton, photon and other particles get their names?
May 26, 2017
News Feature
Symmetry: First Results from Search for a Dark Light
The Heavy Photon Search at Jefferson Lab is looking for a hypothetical particle from a hidden “dark sector.”

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