Quanta of light called photons are the smallest possible packets of electromagnetic energy. Learn the history behind how scientists came to understand photons — and what these particles have shown us (and might show us) they can do.
Amanda Solliday
Scientists in Latin America recently published the first coordinated plan for the region’s research in high-energy physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Fermilab scientist Marcela Carena was part of the group that collected input for the report. Here, she weighs in its significance.
LGBT+ scientists offer advice for promoting inclusivity in a guide written for the physics and astronomy community.
Planning the next big science machine requires consideration of both the current landscape and the distant future.
The minuscule and the immense can reveal quite a bit about each other.
Detectors long used to look at the cosmos are now part of X-ray experiments here on Earth.
A new project pairs volunteers and machine learning to sort through data from LIGO.
How do scientists know what percentages of the universe are made up of dark matter and dark energy? Cosmologist Risa Wechsler of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology explains. Watch the 3-minute video.
Fermilab participated in this year’s annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. The AAAS conference took place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago from Feb. 13-17. Fermilab employees served as organizers and speakers at a number of symposia. Both Fermilab and the lab’s Education Office hosted booths at the conference exhibit. Fermilab’s Susan Dahl conducts a fun experiment with visitors to the Education Office booth. Photo: Reidar Hahn Fermilab…
MarcelleSoares-Santos The Alvin Tollestrup Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Research committee has selected Marcelle Soares-Santos for the 2014 award. Soares-Santos will be recognized at the Fermilab Users Meeting on June 11. In a statement, the award committee, chaired by Daniel Whiteson of the University of California, Irvine, acknowledged Soares-Santos “for her contributions to the Dark Energy Survey, which span from instrument construction and commissioning to high-level physics analysis.” The Universities Research Association gives out the award every year for outstanding work…