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Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has enabled researchers at Northwestern University and Fermilab to invent a new process for 3D printing high-temperature superconductors. This…

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has selected Cristian Boffo to be the new project director of the Proton Improvement Plan-II project. Formerly the PIP-II project manager,…

Every day, scientists, engineers and technicians at Fermilab push the boundaries of knowledge in fields like particle physics, accelerator technology, quantum information science and astrophysics. Read about 10 ways the…

The Proton Improvement Plan-II project, essential for upgrading Fermilab’s particle accelerator complex, just achieved an important milestone by completing its Early Conventional Facilities subproject. This includes infrastructure and building systems…

Pantaleo Raimondi has long been fascinated by how things work. “I like to understand everything. I don’t want to leave anything unexplored,” Raimondi said. “Even in a car, I try…

India’s Department of Atomic Energy, or DAE, reached a milestone in their participation in building a 215-meter-long particle accelerator in the United States, known as the Proton Improvement Plan II…

A highly technical and delicate piece of equipment weighing 27,500 pounds, or 12,500 kilograms, just made a whirlwind transatlantic trip in its custom transportation frame. The fully equipped prototype of…

By Madeleine O’Keefe In 1998, astrophysicists discovered that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, attributed to a mysterious entity called dark energy that makes up about 70% of…

The Proton Improvement Plan II project, known as PIP-II, is a billion-dollar enhancement to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory accelerator complex. The project is constructing a…