New results from the CMS experiment put W boson mass mystery to rest
Physicists on the CMS experiment announce the most elaborate mass measurement of a particle that is notoriously difficult to study and has captivated the physics community for decades.
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Brynn Kristen MacCoy receives 2024 URA Honorary Doctoral Thesis Award
Brynn Kristen MacCoy’s work on improving beam dynamics has helped Muon g-2 researchers better understand and account for the behavior of the muon beam.
William Pellico receives 2024 URA Honorary Engineering Award
William Pellico received this year’s URA Honorary Engineering Award highlighting his innovative application of power-over-fiber technology for use in DUNE’s cryogenic environments.
Kevin Pedro receives 2024 URA Honorary Early Career Award
To aid in the search for elusive dark matter, Kevin Pedro looks for ways to harness the capabilities of artificial intelligence for analyzing particle collision data. For this work, Pedro was awarded the 2024 Universities Research Association Honorary Early Career Award.
Ana Martina Botti receives 2024 URA Honorary Tollestrup Award for Postdoctoral Research
Ana Martina Botti’s work as a postdoctoral researcher has helped pave the way for more sensitive dark matter searches using skipper CCDs. For this important contribution, Botti was presented the 2024 URA Honorary Tollestrup Award for Postdoctoral Research.
First neutrinos detected at Fermilab short-baseline detector
After years of preparation, the first neutrinos have been observed by the Short-Baseline Near Detector collaboration. The data SBND collects will expand our knowledge of how neutrinos interact with matter and will be used to search for evidence of new physics.
Fermilab in the news
MIT News, Sept. 17, 2024
SQMS Scientist Doğa Kürkçüoğlu, was able to pursue his passion for physics thanks to MIT professors and online resources and tools.
Phys.org, Sept. 13, 2024
Physicists from the Muon g-2 collaboration have measured the magnetic moment of the muon to unprecedented precision and the collaboration’s latest work has been published in Physical Review D. What is next for Muon g-2?
Interesting Engineering, Sept. 11, 2024
The Short-Baseline Near Detector’s wealth of data will enable researchers to study neutrino interactions with a level of precision never before achieved.