At the intersection of science and architecture February 6, 2018 architectureartsICARUSneutrinoSBNSBNDShort-Baseline Near DetectorShort-Baseline Neutrino programFermilab feature Fermilab’s Short-Baseline Neutrino program buildings, which translate the requirements of neutrino experiments into architecture, win ALA Gold Award.
Sterile neutrino sleuths January 30, 2018 CERNDeep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNEICARUSIllinoisItalyLBNFliquid argonLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilityLos Alamos National LaboratoryMicroBooNEMiniBooNEneutrinoNew MexicoSBNSBNDShort-Baseline Neutrino programSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUniversity of ChicagoSymmetry feature Meet the detectors of Fermilab’s Short-Baseline Neutrino Program, hunting for signs of a possible fourth type of neutrino.
Muon machine makes milestone magnetic map January 29, 2018 ArgonneBrookhavenIllinoisItalyMassachusettsMichiganMuon g-2New YorkSouth KoreaUnited KingdomUniversity of MassachusettsUniversity of MichiganFermilab feature The Muon g-2 team has begun the important step of measuring the experiment’s magnetic field to unprecedented precision.
Neural networks for neutrinos January 23, 2018 CaliforniaCERNcomputingIndianaIndiana UniversityLarge Hadron ColliderLHCMinnesotaneutrinoOhioSLACUniversity of California IrvineUniversity of CincinnatiSymmetry feature Scientists are using cutting-edge machine-learning techniques to analyze physics data.
Fermilab delivers first cryomodule for ultrapowerful X-ray laser at SLAC January 19, 2018 accelerator technologyCaliforniacollaborationJefferson LabLCLS-IISLACSRFSRF technologyVirginiaPress release A Fermilab team built and tested the first new superconducting accelerator cryomodule for the LCLS-II project, which will be the nation’s only X-ray free-electron laser facility.
The biggest little detectors January 18, 2018 BrazilcollaborationColoradoColorado State UniversityDeep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNEFranceinternationalityLBNFLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilityProtoDUNESpainSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUniversity of Wisconsin - MadisonWisconsinSymmetry feature The ProtoDUNE detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are behemoths in their own right.
Timing neutrinos with White Rabbit January 17, 2018 computingdetector technologyICARUSNetherlandsneutrinoFermilab feature Particle detectors won’t be late, be late for a very important date.
Fermilab Computing partners with Argonne, local schools for Hour of Code January 11, 2018 computingoutreachFermilab feature As part of Computer Science Education Week on Dec. 4-10, Fermilab partnered with Argonne National Laboratory on an initiative to bring Hour of Code activities and coding role models to local schools.
Rivers in the sky January 10, 2018 astrophysicsAustraliaChileDark Energy CameraDark Energy SurveyeducationinternationalitySymmetry feature Local communities named newly discovered stellar streams for bodies of water close to home.
Dark Energy Survey publicly releases first three years of data January 10, 2018 AustraliaBrazilChiledark energyDark Energy CameraDark Energy Surveydark matterIllinoisstellar streamsUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPress release Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey announced the public release of their first three years of data. This first major release of data includes information on about 400 million astronomical objects.
