Artur Apresyan receives $2.5 million award to develop detectors for High-Luminosity LHC August 21, 2018 The upgraded collider will produce collisions at seven times the rate of the current LHC. Apresyan’s work will ensure the CMS detector can take on the particle flood.
ICARUS neutrino detector installed in new Fermilab home August 16, 2018 ICARUS now sits in the path of Fermilab’s neutrino beam, a milestone that brings the detector one step closer to taking data.
Mapping the universe in 3-D: Fermilab contributes to the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument August 13, 2018 DESI, an instrument to help scientists get to the bottom of the dark energy mystery, is getting a little help from Fermilab.
Javier Tiffenberg wins $2.5 million DOE award for research on pixelated detectors August 8, 2018 The DOE Early Career Award will fund research and development for special technology to study the lightest and most elusive particles.
A dual-phase DUNE August 7, 2018 The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is advancing technology commonly used in dark matter experiments—and scaling it up to record-breaking sizes.
One minute with JoRee LaFrance, hydrology intern August 2, 2018 Growing up on the Crow reservation in Montana inspired JoRee LaFrance to pursue a career in hydrology.
Machine learning proliferates in particle physics August 1, 2018 A new review in Nature chronicles the many ways machine learning is popping up in particle physics research.
DUNE collaboration completes Interim Design Report for gigantic particle detectors July 30, 2018 Experience gained during the construction of prototype detectors paves the way toward the final design of the DUNE detectors.
Accelerator excellence July 24, 2018 Fermilab’s Lia Merminga talks to Symmetry about her early experiences in STEM and her drive to solve science’s unanswered questions.
Fermilab gets ready to upgrade accelerator complex for more powerful particle beams July 24, 2018 PIP-II, a particle accelerator project for generating intense neutrino beams, has achieved an important milestone.