Citizen scientists join search for gravitational waves
A new project pairs volunteers and machine learning to sort through data from LIGO.
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Recruiting team geoneutrino
Physicists and geologists are forming a new partnership to study particles from inside the planet.
Japanese influence a steady source of innovation at Fermilab
The influence and impact of physicists from Japan on Fermilab research started in the 1970s and is still strong today.
Hunting the nearly un-huntable
Scientists on two neutrino experiments—the MINOS experiment at Fermilab and the Daya Bay experiment in China—have presented results that limit the places where sterile neutrinos might be hiding.
Congress extends government funding through Dec. 9, punts on science-related legislation
From FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, Sept. 29, 2016: The bill extends funding for the federal government at last year’s appropriated levels through Dec. 9, or 10 weeks beyond the end of the fiscal year.
Felicia helps out
A furry critter and its four-mile trek through an accelerator pipe comes to the lab’s rescue in its early days.
Creating the universe in a computer
Computer simulations help cosmologists unlock the mystery of how the universe evolved.
Three who studied unusual states of matter win Nobel Prize in physics
From The New York Times, Oct. 4, 2016: Fermilab congratulates scientists David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for winning the Nobel Prize for their discoveries in condensed-matter physics.