Researchers and technical staff from the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences & Education, CLASSE, played key roles in the international muon g-2 collaborations that were awarded the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

Cornell astronomers are deploying a new instrument that grants them, for the first time, a better view of the universe’s earliest galaxies, which can’t be observed individually with traditional ground- or space-based telescopes.

Lawrence Gibbons, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is among the researchers awarded the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the muon g-2 collaborations at CERN, Brookhaven National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. 

USPAS plays a critical role in preparing the next generation of accelerator scientists and engineers, offering specialized courses that are rarely available through standard university curricula.

Four Cornell faculty members are among 99 researchers across the U.S. who have been awarded grants by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of its Office of Science Early Career Research Program.

Behind a world-leading telescope bound for Chile is a team of engineers, machinists, electronics specialists and riggers at Cornell. Meet the CLASSE staff whose expertise is helping push cosmology to new frontiers.

The CLASSE community came together last week for our annual Holiday Party, a moment to reflect on a year of scientific achievement, teamwork, and shared purpose. It was also an opportunity to recognize the people who make this work possible.

Using ultrafast electron diffraction, a Cornell-Stanford collaboration has captured how light triggers a twisting motion in atomically thin materials, revealing how lasers can dynamically reshape matter on trillionths-of-a-second timescales.

Cornell graduate students Nicole Verboncoeur and Jake Parsons earned 1st and 2nd Prize awards at SRF2025 in Tokyo for outstanding research in superconducting radio-frequency technology.

At this year’s CLASSE Summer Picnic, the lab launched a new tradition: the CLASSE Distinguished Service Awards, created to honor the exceptional commitment, teamwork, and impact of our colleagues.