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Linda Cremonesi stumbled upon neutrinos somewhat by accident. Or maybe it was fate. As an exchange student from the University of Milan, Cremonesi needed to choose a topic for her…

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has completed building and delivering the final component it is providing to the high-energy upgrade of the world’s most powerful X-ray…

Jacopo Bernardini is a mechanical engineer with the PIP-II project. Credit: JJ Starr, Fermilab Tell me about what you do at Fermilab. I’m a mechanical engineer, and I work in…

Norbert Holtkamp said he wanted to be Fermilab director because of “the challenge.” It’s not the managerial side that is challenging for him. Holtkamp is a seasoned leader with more…

Aleksandra Ćiprijanović, a Wilson Fellow and associate scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, is a recipient of a 2025 DOE Early Career Award. Her project,…

When he’s working at SNOLAB, Hogan Nguyen’s day starts at 4:30 a.m. After preparing his lunch — usually a sandwich or leftovers — and driving to his workplace near Sudbury,…

…(DOE Office of Science), and Madeleine O’Keefe (Fermilab). Credit Hema Ramamoorthi, Fermilab “For the past 15 years, this has been a goal we’ve steadily worked toward,” said McIntosh, director of…

Four outstanding researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory were presented 2025 Universities Research Association Honorary Awards during a ceremony at Fermilab earlier this year. URA…

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is not only one of the world’s premier particle physics and accelerator research facilities but also a key innovation hub for…

Twenty-five years ago, there was a hole in the Standard Model. And on July 21, 2000, an experiment called DONUT filled it. That’s when a team of 54 physicists from…