Silvia Zorzetti receives DOE Early Career Award for her quantum research February 8, 2024 Early Career AwardquantumSQMSFermilab feature …we preserve the information and enhance the overall efficiency compared to typical methods.” Through careful design and optimal engineering, it seems possible to improve the microwave-optical conversion efficiency up to…
Excavation of colossal caverns for Fermilab’s DUNE experiment completed February 1, 2024 excavationLBNF/DUNEneutrinoPress release …making this world-class underground facility a reality.” Engineering, construction and excavation teams have been working 4,850 feet below the surface since 2021 at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, home of…
Researchers at Fermilab use electron beams to eradicate forever chemicals in water January 29, 2024 emerging technologiesPFASFermilab feature …scientist Slavica Grdanovska, engineering physicist Yichen Ji and Cooper, used an electron beam accelerator at the laboratory for their testing. Used for proof-of-concept testing, the Accelerator Application Development and Demonstration…
Bringing compact particle accelerators to industry January 22, 2024 compact acceleratoremerging technologiesIARCFermilab feature …variety of applications,” said Chris Edwards, engineering project manager at Fermilab. One such use case is metal 3D printing, which involves laying down metal powder and fusing the added metal…
Fermilab’s Integrated Engineering Research Center officially open for business January 10, 2024 Edwards CenterFermilab feature …Fermilab the Project Completion and Start of Operations approval for its award-winning Integrated Engineering Research Center. Known as CD-4, the last of the Critical Decisions in the DOE Project Management…
International science organizations sign agreement to provide hardware for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment December 6, 2023 DUNEFAPESPINFNinternational collaborationinternational engagementparticle detector technologySTFCUNICAMPPress release …on U.S. soil. Additionally, hundreds of students from all corners of the earth will start their careers in science, engineering and computing on this project. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is…
Fermilab receives DOE funding to further develop nationwide quantum network October 16, 2023 emerging technologiesfundingquantumquantum computingquantum networkFermilab featurePress release …Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Image: IEQNET collaboration “We are taking advantage of Fermilab’s expertise in systems engineering integration, advanced controls, readout electronics and ultra-sensitive sensors, which are all necessary for conducting…
SLAC fires up the world’s most powerful X-ray laser: LCLS-II ushers in a new era of science September 18, 2023 cryomoduleLCLS-IIx-rayFermilab featurePress release …its pioneering superconducting accelerator,” said Fermilab Director Lia Merminga. “The collective engineering, technical and scientific expertise and talent of the collaboration deserve immense credit for its successful construction and for…
Fermilab joined national effort to increase efficiency in microelectronics August 9, 2023 emerging technologiesenergy efficiencymicroelectronicsFermilab feature …Division. Next, guests toured the new, sustainably built Integrated Engineering Research Center. Nicola Bacchetta, a senior scientist at Fermilab, explained how this space will help engineers develop and assemble particle…
Contract awarded for acquisition of large cryogenic system for DUNE detectors in South Dakota July 19, 2023 cryogenicsDUNELBNF/DUNEliquid argonFermilab feature …Allentown, Pennsylvania. The overall scope of this contract includes the engineering, manufacturing, installing and commissioning of a liquid nitrogen refrigeration system to cool down and keep the argon at minus…