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Mining for Neutrinos, and for Cosmic Answers

    The New York Times reports on LBNF/DUNE. When DUNE operations begin, the research results could a major gap in scientists’ understanding of the universe and return the United States to its former position at the center of particle physics.

    Michael Cohen, Physics & Astronomy

      Michael Cohen, an emeritus professor of physics and astronomy in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, died on June 30. He was 94.

      As Black Hills neutrino lab moves into next phase, officials look toward expansion

        Two colossal caverns, each more than 500 feet long and seven-stories tall, were completed to contain the gigantic particle detector modules for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, an international collaboration led by Fermilab. A third cavern will house utilities for operation of the DUNE far detector.

        The More You Neutrino…

          How I spent my summer learning about enigmatic particles that pass right through me by the billions every second!

          Remembering theoretical physicist James D. “BJ” Bjorken, 90, who played a crucial role in discovering quarks

            Theoretical physicist James D. “BJ” Bjorken, theoretical physicist at SLAC and Stanford, passed away on Aug. 6. He was born in Chicago and in 1979, he left the SLAC and Stanford faculties to become associate director for physics at the Fermilab, saying he wanted to learn more about the accelerator side of things