Giant electromagnet completes its journey, moves into its new home at Fermilab
One year ago, the 50-foot-wide Muon g-2 electromagnet arrived at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois after traveling 3,200 miles over land and sea from Long Island, New York. This week, the magnet took the final few steps of that journey, moving across the Fermilab site and into the new building that now houses it.
Massive 30-ton MicroBooNE particle detector moved into place, will see neutrinos this year
On Monday, June 23, the next phase of neutrino physics at Fermilab fell (gently) into place.
Kids invited to Wave Like a Particle and Swing Like a Neutrino at new outdoor exhibits
If you want to get children interested in the fundamentals of science, there’s nothing like letting them experience the phenomena first-hand. If you can make it fun at the same time, you have a formula for success.
Bison, birds and bugs at Fermilab’s Family Outdoor Fair on June 8
For the seventh year in a row, Fermilab is inviting families and scout troops to attend the Family Outdoor Fair on Sunday, June 8, from 1-4 p.m.
Explore the Wonders of Science at Fermilab on Sunday, April 6, at 1 p.m.
The annual Wonders of Science show will again pack Ramsey Auditorium at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on Sunday, April 6.
International team of LHC and Tevatron scientists announces first joint result
Scientists working on the world’s leading particle collider experiments have joined forces, combined their data and produced the first joint result from Fermilab’s Tevatron and CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), past and current holders of the record for most powerful particle collider on Earth.
Scientists complete the top quark puzzle
Scientists on the CDF and DZero experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have announced that they have found the final predicted way of creating a top quark, completing a picture of this particle nearly 20 years in the making.
NOvA experiment sees first long-distance neutrinos
Scientists on the world’s longest-distance neutrino experiment announced today that they have seen their first neutrinos.
Two chances for green thumbs at Fermilab’s Prairie Harvest on Oct. 5 and Nov. 2
Fermilab is looking for volunteers to help with its annual prairie seed harvest. Two harvest events are planned, on Saturday, Oct. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 2, beginning at 10 a.m. Fermilab’s site hosts 1,000 acres of restored native prairie land, and each year community members pitch in to help collect seeds from those native plants.
Dark Energy Survey begins five-year mission to map southern sky in tremendous detail
On Aug. 31, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) officially began. Scientists on the survey team will systematically map one-eighth of the sky (5000 square degrees) in unprecedented detail. The start of the survey is the culmination of 10 years of planning, building and testing by scientists from 25 institutions in six countries.