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After a six-week journey from CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, the ICARUS detector is expected to arrive at Fermilab late afternoon today, July 26.

From The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2017: Scientists celebrated the launch of an improbable physics experiment that will shoot subatomic particles through 800 miles of rock and dirt to study some fundamental cosmic riddles. [subscription required]

From Science, July 21, 2017: To build the modular detector, workers have to carve out massive caverns 1,480 meters underground, haul out stone that weighs as much as a dozen aircraft carries, and truck in millions of liters of frigid liquid argon. On July 21, officials gathered deep underground to turn the first few shovels of stone.

From Idaho State University, July 19, 2017: Tatar plans to participate in the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility groundbreaking ceremony in South Dakota, joining a group of world known scientists.

A theory about gravity challenges our understanding of the universe.

From Colorado State University, July 14, 2017: CSU is just one of the DUNE collaborating institutions that is looking forward to the July 21 groundbreaking for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility.

The late artist June Schwarcz found inspiration in some unusual wrapping paper her husband brought home from the lab.

From Daily Herald, July 11, 2017: Joe Lykken, chief research officer at Fermilab, will present “Neutrinos are Everywhere” as part of the Fermilab Arts and Lecture series on Friday, July 14.

In an upcoming refresh, particle physics will define units of measurement such as the meter, the kilogram and the second.

Sometimes, physics papers turn funny.