Deep learning takes on physics

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Can the same type of technology Facebook uses to recognize faces also recognize particles?

Handy and trendy: MicroBooNE’s new look

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Technicians, engineers and scientists have draped the MicroBooNE detector at Fermilab in a shiny new exterior that helps scientists separate cosmic ray signals from neutrino signals.

Q&A: What more can we learn about the Higgs?

Higgs boson

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Four physicists discuss Higgs boson research since the discovery.

Ultraprecise measurements in XXL

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Powerful survey instruments help us map the sky with incredible precision. But what ensures that the instruments themselves are precisely built?

What to do with the data?

computing

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Physicists and scientific computing experts prepare for an onslaught of petabytes.

The origins of dark matter

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Theorists think dark matter was forged in the hot aftermath of the Big Bang.

Fermilab “deepens” its relationship with Sanford Underground Research Facility

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The U.S. Department of Energy supports a suite of cutting-edge science experiments at Sanford Lab. Fermilab has assumed a new role at the South Dakota facility.

The setting provided by founding Director Bob Wilson’s creative design of the laboratory and his many sculptures are an enduring source of pride for those associated with Fermilab and for the surrounding community. One of the sculptures that has gained widespread attention is “Tractricious.”

Sentinels at the east gate

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Beginning in August, Fermilab’s Batavia Road gate came under the watchful eyes of several sandhill cranes. As employees and visitors alike passed through the gate, it would be difficult to miss these stately sentinels.