Fermilab contributions help CMS magnet reach full field at CERN
Scientists of the U.S. Department of Energy/Office of Science’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and collaborators of the US/CMS project have joined colleagues from around the world in announcing that the world’s largest superconducting solenoid magnet has reached full field strength in tests at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory.
U.S. scientists join in “cosmic challenge” at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory joined collaborators from around the world in announcing today (July 26) that the giant CMS detector at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva, Switzerland, has been sealed and switched on to collect data for an important series of tests using cosmic ray particles.
Fermilab’s Prairie Quadrat Program Allows “Citizen Scientists” to Track Restoration Progress
“Citizen scientists” can take part in ecology research at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory beginning this month with the Prairie Quadrat Program, coordinated by the Fermilab Education Office.
Children’s Science Adventures at Fermilab Offer Summer Fun – and Learning, Too!
Summertime is a bright season of adventure and discovery for children, and now is the perfect time to add Science Adventures to your children’s schedule of discoveries for June, July and August at the Lederman Science Center at Fermilab, a U.S. Department of Energy lab.
Fermilab’s CDF scientists present a precision measurement of a subtle dance between matter and antimatter
Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today (April 11, 2006) the precision measurement of extremely rapid transitions between matter and antimatter.
Fermilab welcomes buffalo fans
The Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory invites buffalo fans to visit its herd of about 50 buffalo, including 7 young animals born since late March.
MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrino disappearance
An international collaboration of scientists at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today (March 30, 2006) the first results of a new neutrino experiment.
What Happened to the Antimatter? Fermilab’s DZero Experiment Finds Clues in Quick-Change Meson
Scientists of the DZero collider detector collaboration at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have announced that their data on the properties of a subatomic particle, the B_s meson (“B sub s”), suggest that the particle oscillates between matter and antimatter in one of nature’s fastest rapid-fire processes-more than 17 trillion times per second.
Record-breaking luminosity boosts discovery potential at Fermilab’s Tevatron collider
The record-breaking performance of the Tevatron collider at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is pushing the search for dark matter, supersymmetric particles and extra dimensions to new limits.
U.S. Researchers Put Global Science Grid to the Test
A global collaboration of physicists and computer scientists announced today the successful completion of a test of the first truly worldwide grid computing infrastructure.