Learning to speak quantum
Particle physicists are studying ways to harness the power of the quantum realm to further their research.
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Fermilab seeks to inspire future scientists with open house
From The Beacon-News, Feb. 2, 2018: “We want visitors to gain a better understanding of all the exciting things happening at Fermilab and a general appreciation for STEM fields and research,” said Amanda Early, education program leader.
Clumps of dark matter could be lurking undetected in our galaxy
From Science News, Jan. 26, 2018: Fermilab scientist Dan Hooper comments on the possibility of clumps of dark matter sailing through the Milky Way and other galaxies.
“A Perplexity of Conundrums” by Jim Jenkins, Fermilab 2017 artist-in-residence
From Sciart Magazine, February 2018: Jim Jenkins, Fermilab artist-in-residence for 2017, shares thoughts on his residency. “[Fermilab] is first and foremost a place of thought. I find the blending of the intensely focused intellects and their pursuit of the elusive foundations of our reality stimulating and meditative simultaneously.” Subscription required: SciArtSubscriber467
Silicon Valley welcomes a superconducting X-ray laser
From Forbes, Jan. 24, 2018: Fermilab will provide half of SLAC’s LCLS-II cryomodules, and Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Virginia, will provide the other half. Fermilab is located in Illinois, so the very first cryomodule that arrived at SLAC by truck last week made a hefty trip from Illinois to California – essentially making a trip across the whole of the U.S.
The Dark Energy Survey revealed new origins of stars in our galaxy
From Seeker, Jan. 23, 2018: Seeker, Discovery Digital’s new initiative, produced this video about the Dark Energy Survey’s recent results.
Sterile neutrino sleuths
- CERN
- Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
- DUNE
- ICARUS
- Illinois
- Italy
- LBNF
- liquid argon
- Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- MicroBooNE
- MiniBooNE
- neutrino
- New Mexico
- SBN
- SBND
- Short-Baseline Neutrino program
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- University of Chicago
Meet the detectors of Fermilab’s Short-Baseline Neutrino Program, hunting for signs of a possible fourth type of neutrino.
Renewed measurements of muon’s magnetism could open door to new physics
From Science, Jan. 25, 2018: Muon g-2 hopes to firm up tantalizing hints from an earlier incarnation of the experiment, which suggested that the particle is ever so slightly more magnetic than predicted by the prevailing standard Model of particle physics.
Dark Energy Survey reveals that the Milky Way has devoured 11 other galaxies
From IFLScience, Jan. 17, 2018: The Dark Energy Survey has identified 11 new stellar streams, and their positioning and trajectories suggest that they were once galaxies a little smaller than our own that, over astronomical timescale, were torn asunder.
Brown University animates science communication
The SciToons program pairs students with different levels of scientific expertise to create animated science explainers.