From SciArt Magazine, April 13, 2017: Fermilab Art Gallery Georgia Schwender showcases the lab’s employee art exhibit.
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In particle physics, the difference of a millimeter or two can make or break an experiment.
Fermilab’s free annual STEM Career Expo puts high school students face to face with professionals in science, technology, engineering and math fields.
Experiments at CERN investigate antiparticles.
From Chicagoist, April 6, 2017: Fermilab isn’t just the site of major discoveries about the fabric of reality and a really, really big magnet. It’s also a lovely place in the Western burbs to enjoy a restored slice of the tallgrass prairie that once dominated Illinois.
From Wired, April 5, 2017: For some reason, more matter formed than antimatter just after the Big Bang, and physicists don’t know why. “It’s one of the very biggest mysteries in the universe,” says physicist Don Lincoln of Fermilab.
My first year at Fermilab was 1968. Our crew worked closely with Wilson. He was charismatic, friendly and outgoing.
We know which way the dark matter wind should blow. Now we just have to find it.
Artist Chris Henschke’s latest piece inspired by particle physics machinery is the closest he’s gotten to the real thing.
From Daily Herald, March 19, 2017: Hundreds of kids and their families watched in awe on March 19 as suburban science teachers presented fast-paced demonstrations about electricity during the 30th annual Wonders of Science show at Fermilab in Batavia.