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Fermilab Cosmologist Alex Drlica-Wagner explains recent research charge-coupled devices placed on the SOAR telescope in Chile called Skipper CCDs. Skipper CCDs hold immense potential beyond observing the cosmos including medical imaging and radioisotope detection.

A close collaboration of physicists, astronomers, and engineers, including Fermilab researchers, obtained the first astronomical spectrum using skipper charge-coupled devices using an instrument on the 4.1-meter Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope in Chile.

Xiao Luo, a professor at UC Santa Barbara, was acknowledged by the Sloan Foundation for her work on MicroBooNE, the Short Baseline Near Detector and DUNE.

Neutrino Day attracted thousands of people from throughout the country to participate in Lead’s annual science festival.

New experimental results show particles called muons can be corralled into beams suitable for high-energy collisions, paving the way for new physics.

Josh Willhite, project manager for the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility run by Fermilab, gives South Dakota Public Broadcasting an update ahead of SURF’s Neutrino Day.

With the confirmation of gravitational waves less than a decade old, scientists are barreling ahead with new detectors to pick up ever more elusive ripples in spacetime. Fermilab’s MAGIS-100 is one such project that is already underway.

The Black Hills Pioneer covers what is DUNE and why is it important in a special section covering underground science in the Black Hills region. Starting on page 11, an interview with DUNE Physics Coordinator, Chris Marshall, discusses how the project will work and the science of DUNE.

As part of the international NOvA collaboration, William & Mary scientists are one step closer to unraveling the mysteries of neutrinos, with new results recently presented at the Neutrino 2024 conference. The latest results from the collaboration move science toward larger discoveries about the “ghost” particles of the universe.

The United Nations declared 2025 to be the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, celebrating the role of quantum theory in developing our modern technological societies. It celebrates past successes and planning for a future in which people around the world can benefit from these crucial technologies.