First Beam for Large Hadron Collider September 10, 2008 An international collaboration of scientists today sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the world’s most powerful particle accelerator-the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) located at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland
Fermilab physicists discover "doubly strange" particle September 3, 2008 Physicists of the DZero experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new particle made of three quarks, the Omega-sub-b.
Register Now to Watch the Start-Up of the Large Hadron Collider Live at Fermilab! September 2, 2008 Journalists and guests are invited to witness the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider live and in real time at the LHC Remote Operations Center at the Department of Energy’s Fermilab, in Batavia, Illinois in the early morning hours at 1:30 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, September 10.
September 4: Fermilab invites reporters to pre-startup orientation for the Large Hadron Collider August 27, 2008 To answer reporters’ questions about the upcoming startup of the Large Hadron Collider and what it means for research at the Tevatron collider, the Department of Energy’s Fermilab offers a 2-hour Q&A session with Fermilab scientists on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 10:00 a.m. to noon in Wilson Hall.
Watch Start-Up of Large Hadron Collider Live at Fermilab! August 8, 2008 Journalists and guests are invited to witness the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider live and in real time at the LHC Remote Operations Center at the Department of Energy’s Fermilab, in Batavia, Illinois in the early morning hours of Wednesday, September 10.
U.S. scientists count down to LHC startup August 8, 2008 On September 10, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider will attempt for the first time to send a proton beam zooming around the 27-kilometer-long accelerator.
Tevatron Experiments Double-Team Higgs Boson August 4, 2008 Scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab have combined Tevatron data from the two experiments to advance the quest for the long-sought Higgs boson.
Prelude to the Higgs: A work for two bosons in the key of Z July 30, 2008 Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the US Department of Energy’s Fermilab have announced the observation of pairs of Z bosons, force-carrying particles produced in proton-antiproton collisions at the Tevatron, the world’s highest-energy particle accelerator.
Media invited to attend All-Hands Meeting at Fermilab, Wednesday, July 2, 11:15 a.m. Ramsey Auditorium, Wilson Hall June 30, 2008 Fermilab Director Pier Oddone expects to announce to all employees the official suspension of involuntary layoffs at Fermilab, as a result of increased funding for science provided in the supplemental funding bill signed by the President today.
Media invited to attend Pierre Auger Observatory Inauguration, November 14-15, 2008, in Malargüe, Argentina June 12, 2008 Scientists of the Pierre Auger Observatory, a project to study the highest-energy cosmic rays, will celebrate the inauguration of their southern site in Malargüe, Argentina, on November 14 and November 15, 2008.
