LHC smashes old collision records
The Large Hadron Collider is now producing about a billion proton-proton collisions per second.
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NSF awards $94 million to create four new Science and Technology Centers
From the National Science Foundation, Sept. 26, 2016: The awardees include the Center for Bright Beams at Cornell University, in which Fermilab is a partner. The center’s goal is to make more intense accelerators at a lower cost.
James Cronin (1931–2016)
From Nature, Sept. 22, 2016: Cronin, scientist at the University of Chicago and who held leadership position at Fermilab, won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K mesons.
Physics student Jacob Robertson discovers quasar while visiting Fermilab
From Clarksville Online, Sept. 23, 2016: Earlier this summer, Austin Peay State University student Jacob Robertson, on a visit to Fermilab, took a look at a celestial object and realized it wasn’t just another star.
NIU joins DUNE project
From Northern Star, Sept. 15, 2016: Dan Boyden, third year physics graduate at Northern Illinois University, is hoping to be sent to Switzerland to work hands-on for DUNE, an international particle experiment including more than 140 labs and universities across 27 countries.
The secret lives of long-lived particles
A theoretical species of particle might answer nearly every question about our cosmos—if scientists can find it.
This professor carries a Geiger counter and helps undergrads build particle accelerators
From The Washington Post, Sept. 8, 2016: When it comes to cyclotrons, former Fermilab scientist Timothy Koeth, now at the University of Maryland, is a mixture of promoter, preacher and sorcerer. Fermilab physicist Todd Johnson contributes to the Post article.
The hunt for the truest north
Many theories predict the existence of magnetic monopoles, but experiments have yet to see them.
29 unreal images from a man who’s spent 29 years inside a legendary physics lab
From Business Insider, Sept. 7, 2016: Business Insider recently caught up with Fermilab photographer Reidar Hahn and asked him to share a few of his 29 favorite shots from the past 29 years of his career.