Summer of science September 22, 2016 Carleton CollegeFloridaFranceHarvard UniversityinterninternshipIsraelItalyLehigh UniversityMassachusettsMinnesotaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina State UniversityPennsylvaniaTexasUniversity of Massachusetts DartmouthUniversity of Texas at El PasoFermilab feature Fermilab’s summer interns exchange lazy days for lab experience.
Memoir: The handrails September 21, 2016 historyWilson HallFermilab feature A story of the fate of some walnut trees on the laboratory site in 1979 takes us inside the Wilson Hall stairways.
Providing precise neutrino measurements with MINERvA September 8, 2016 MINERvAneutrinoFermilab feature The puzzle: understanding how nearly undetectable particles, called neutrinos, interact with normal matter. The solution? The clever MINERvA experiment, which shares its name with the Roman goddess of wisdom.
Fermilab bison in pictures and musings September 2, 2016 animalbisonmammalwildlifeFermilab feature The Fermilab bison herd is now in pictures! Watch a 2-minute video, look at a map of the herd’s heritage, and read a playful letter of introduction from the lab’s first herd.
Funneling fundamental particles August 22, 2016 accelerator technologyneutrinoFermilab feature Tooting our horn: Fermilab has the most expertise in constructing neutrino horns, which focus the particles that eventually decay into neutrinos. Learn how they work.
Teacher interns learn lab work August 15, 2016 educationoutreachFermilab feature Fermilab’s TRAC program helps middle and high school teachers turn lab experiences into lessons or exercises for their students.
The ICHEP race condition August 7, 2016 CERNCMScollaborationLarge Hadron ColliderLHCFermilab feature What’s it like to be part of an experiment collaboration in the weeks and days before a big announcement?
Fermilab bids a fond farewell to MINOS August 1, 2016 CaliforniaMinnesotaMINOSneutrinoSoudan Underground LaboratoryStanford UniversityTexasUnited KingdomUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of Texas at AustinFermilab feature After more than a decade of running, on June 29, the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search experiment and its second iteration, MINOS+, concluded their runs.
Chicago to host ICHEP conference Aug. 3-10 July 21, 2016 conferenceICHEPmeetingFermilab feature More than 1,350 physicists from around the world will converge in Chicago for the biennial ICHEP conference in August to share new research results, announce new projects, and talk about the most intriguing mysteries of the universe.
Six talks you won't want to miss at Neutrino 2016 June 29, 2016 CERNDeep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNEIndianaIndiana UniversityJapanMicroBooNEMINERvAMINOSneutrinoNOvAUnited KingdomUniversity of ChicagoFermilab feature The 27th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, commonly called Neutrino 2016, will bring together scientists from experiments around the world. Scientists working with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will give numerous presentations at Neutrino 2016 and unveil some significant results.
