model of particle physics is our best explanation for how the building blocks of the universe interact, but it doesn’t explain everything. That’s where Fermilab’s Brendan Kiburg and Brendan Casey come in. They’re part of a team of 200 scientists from 33 institutions around the world who have been observing the magnetic wobble of a subatomic particle known as a muon, using a powerful magnet at Fermilab. This ongoing experiment, known as Muon g−2, involves the acceleration of muons around a superconducting “ring” a thousand times at nearly the speed of light. In August, Fermilab announced that the team had measured the muon’s
