Fermilab hosts a new kind of workshop for educators October 26, 2017 educationprofessional developmentSTEMFermilab feature The workshop encouraged educators to interact with each other as learner, teacher and professional development provider.
Speak physics: What is a cross section? October 24, 2017 cross sectionSymmetry feature Cross sections tell physicists how likely particles are to interact in a given way.
Celebrate the unseen: Attend a Dark Matter Day event October 23, 2017 AustriaBrazilCanadaChileColombiadark mattereventFranceGermanyInteractionsItalyMexicoPeruSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUnited KingdomPress release The world will soon be celebrating the hunt for the universe’s most elusive matter in a series of Dark Matter Day events planned in over a dozen countries.
Quantum physics boosts artificial intelligence methods October 18, 2017 CaliforniaCaltechHiggs bosonquantumUniversity of Southern CaliforniaPress release Researchers from Caltech and the University of Southern California report the first application of quantum computing to a physics problem. By employing quantum-compatible machine learning techniques, they developed a method of extracting a rare Higgs boson signal from copious noise data.
A new chapter in Fermilab’s electron lens legacy October 18, 2017 accelerator scienceaccelerator technologyFermilab feature A type of electron lens developed at Fermilab lends itself to future collider applications.
50th memories: The missing block October 18, 2017 50th anniversaryhistoryFermilab feature As you walk down the stairs from the main floor of Wilson Hall to the auditorium vestibule, look up to the near edge of the wood block ceiling.
Scientists observe first verified neutron star collision October 16, 2017 astronomyastrophysicscosmologygravitational wavesLIGOVirgoSymmetry feature For the first time, experiments have seen both light and gravitational waves released by a single celestial crash.
Scientists spot explosive counterpart of LIGO/Virgo’s latest gravitational waves October 16, 2017 Brandeis UniversityChileDark Energy Surveygravitational waveIllinoiskilonovaLIGOLouisianaOhioOhio UniversityTexasTexas A&M UniversityUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignVirgoWashingtonPress release A team of scientists using the Dark Energy Camera was among the first to observe the fiery aftermath of a recently detected burst of gravitational waves, recording images of the first confirmed explosion from two colliding neutron stars ever seen by astronomers.
MSU’s Steven Lund chosen as new head of U.S. Particle Accelerator School October 12, 2017 MichiganMichigan State UniversityUSPASPress release Lund has been a professor at MSU since 2014 and currently serves on both the Director’s Advisory Council and the Curriculum Committee for the USPAS, working with Director Barletta to coordinate school programs in the community interest.
50th memories: Who is that guy? October 4, 2017 50th anniversaryhistoryFermilab feature It was 1972, and the Meson Lab was just working on its first beam transport. As I sat and fiddled with the MAC-16 control computer to see what it would do, I looked up to see a gentleman walking towards me wearing a beret and wearing a top coat.