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.
Discovery of rare decay narrows space for new physics
After a quarter of a century of searching, physicists have discovered a rare particle decay that gives them an indirect way to test models of new physics.
Giant electromagnet to conclude its 3,200-mile journey on July 26
For the past month, a 50-foot-wide circular electromagnet has been on a fantastic journey between two U.S. Department of Energy national labs: Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. On Friday, July 26, that voyage is expected to conclude. Fermilab is planning a party to celebrate the ring’s safe arrival, and everyone’s invited.
Successful test of new U.S. magnet puts Large Hadron Collider on track for major upgrade
The U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) has successfully tested a powerful superconducting quadrupole magnet that will play a key role in developing a new beam focusing system for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Nigel Lockyer of Canada’s TRIUMF lab named Fermilab director
Nigel Lockyer, director of Canada’s TRIUMF laboratory for particle and nuclear physics and a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of British Columbia, has been selected to become the next director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Massive particle storage ring to begin 3,200-mile trek on Sunday
How do you move a 50-foot-wide, circular electromagnet from Long Island to the Chicago suburbs in one piece without flexing or twisting it? Very, very carefully.
Run like a proton at Fermilab’s new playground
It’s one thing for kids to try to envision particles zipping around underground when learning about the science at Fermilab.
Revolutionary muon experiment to begin with 3,200-mile move of 50-foot-wide particle storage ring
Scientists from 26 institutions around the world are planning a new experiment that could open the doors to new realms of particle physics.