From Science, March 6, 2017: For more than a decade, multiple experiments have found an unexpected excess in the number of high-energy antielectrons, or positrons, in space. A team led by Fermilab’s Dan Hooper has shown that pulsars, not dark matter annihilation, can indeed produce most or all of the excess.
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From Gizmodo, March 6, 2017: A new children’s book from the folks at Fermilab and SLAC takes a child (or maybe just an interested adult) along an adorably dorky rhyme-trip through some of the most important high-energy physics concepts.
From the Chicago Tribune, Feb. 28, 2017: Lindsay Olson, Fermilab’s first artist-in-residence, will display several pieces reflecting her work at Fermilab during her upcoming exhibition The Elegant Universe: Art and Science, beginning on March 7 at Elmhurst College.
Jim Jenkins likes to think big. A sculptor by trade and by passion, this Geneva artist is best known for his grand-scale projects with local public libraries.
The PICO-60 dark matter bubble chamber experiment has produced a new dark matter limit after analysis of data from the most recent run.
From The Doings/Chicago Tribune, Feb. 3, 2017: STEM events in LaGrange included a visit from Fermilab’s Jerry Zimmerman, better known as Mr. Freeze, and his demonstrations of cryogenics.
Fermilab’s Family Open House is a chance for the whole family to spend an afternoon learning about science in a hands-on way and have fun doing it. This year’s event will mark Fermilab’s 50th anniversary with a new show and several activities for kids and their parents to enjoy.
This free event will include talks on the science behind the Star Wars films and the premiere screening of unofficial fan film “Star Wars: Forgotten Realm,” written and directed by Fermilab’s Darren Crawford.
Next year, the country’s premier particle physics laboratory celebrates 50 years of discovery and innovation with a huge open house and many other events.
On Friday, Dec. 2, the public and the media will get the chance to see what Fermilab artist-in-residence Ellen Sandor and her (art)n team have been working on, as her exhibit “Neutrinos in a New Light” opens at the Fermilab Art Gallery with a reception from 5-8 p.m.