50th memories: the Fermilab Canoe Race
Sept. 30, 1979, about 1:45 p.m.: SNAP!! Gerd Hartner, in the bow of his canoe at the race starting position, dipped his paddle in the water, gave a mighty first pull and, to his astonishment, broke it in half.
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LHC data: how it’s made
In the Large Hadron Collider, protons become new particles, which become energy and light, which become data.
Visit by DOE Undersecretary for Science Paul Dabbar
Dabbar spent the day touring the lab and meeting with Fermilab employees.
Priorities and power outages
When the power goes out, what’s our first priority?
Q&A with Nobel laureate Barry Barish
Barish explains how LIGO became the high-achieving experiment it is today.
Fermilab’s 11th employee
Fantastical designs elevate physics in works by Fermilab’s first artist.
International Committee for Future Accelerators weighs in on International Linear Collider
After its most recent meeting, the committee released a statement on the future collider and its importance to the future of particle physics.
Charles Thangaraj receives Accelerator Stewardship grant for water treatment project
The money will further a novel conceptual technique for Chicago water treatment with high-power electron beams.
An international celebration of dark matter
Around the world, scientists and nonscientists alike celebrated the first international Dark Matter Day.
Main Ring period: The darkest-turned-happiest days at Fermilab
Early in the history of the Main Ring accelerator, determined Fermilab crews walked the accelerator from what seemed to be the brink of failure.