Recent Releases


The Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today (May 23, 2002) a modification to its site security policies.

Visitors interested in taking a look behind the scenes are welcome to join Fermilab docent Nancy Lanning for a guided tour on Tuesday, March 26, from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Combining the newest of astronomical instruments with the most venerable techniques of patient attention to detail, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the University of Chicago and other institutions believe they have made the first optical observation of a gamma ray burst afterglow unprompted by prior observation of the gamma ray burst itself-a so-called “orphan afterglow.”

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have found a surprising discrepancy between predictions for the behavior of neutrinos and the way the subatomic particles actually behave.

In a ribbon-cutting ceremony today (September 26) at 2:00 p.m. the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will officially start operating its latest energy-saving equipment that will conserve enough energy to power more than 200 households, cutting the laboratory’s annual electricity bill by hundreds of thousands of dollars.