Low-mass particles that make high-mass stars go boom May 27, 2016 astrophysicsneutrinosupernovaSymmetry feature Simulations are key to showing how neutrinos help stars go supernova.
Upgraded PIP-II RFQ successfully takes first beam May 25, 2016 acceleratoraccelerator R&Daccelerator scienceaccelerator technologycollaborationPIP-IIFermilab feature A new radio-frequency quadrupole, designed and built by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will help provide intense, focused beams to the entire Fermilab accelerator complex.
Of bison and bosons May 24, 2016 artSymmetry feature What are all of the symbols in Fermilab’s unofficial seal?
The Planck scale May 23, 2016 Planck scaleSymmetry feature The Planck scale sets the universe’s minimum limit, beyond which the laws of physics break.
Brazil in Batavia: How a timely invitation sparked 30 years of partnership May 18, 2016 Brazilcollaborationinternational relationsinternationalityLatin AmericaMexicoFermilab feature The Brazilian user community at Fermilab consists of nearly 80 researchers from 15 institutions working across 13 different projects and experiments.
Why do objects feel solid? May 17, 2016 quantum mechanicsSymmetry feature A reader asks, “If atoms are mostly empty space, then why does anything feel solid?” James Beacham, a researcher with the ATLAS Experiment Group at Ohio State University, explains in this two-minute video.
What do theorists do? May 13, 2016 researchtheoryFermilab feature Theorists map and navigate the sea of possible particle discoveries.
Large Hadron Collider prepares to deliver six times the data May 9, 2016 CERNLarge Hadron ColliderPress release After months of winter hibernation, the Large Hadron Collider is once again smashing protons and taking data. The LHC will run around the clock for the next six months and produce six times more collisions than in 2015.
Fermilab’s Latin American workshop showcases past, present and future collaboration May 5, 2016 ArgentinaBrazilCERNChileDUNEinternational relationsinternationalityLatin AmericaMexiconeutrinoProtoDUNEPuerto RicoSwitzerlandFermilab feature Physicists up and down the Western Hemisphere are fans of neutrinos, and experiments to study the subtle particle are flourishing at Fermilab and throughout Latin America.
Preparing for the sterile neutrino search: Fermilab breaks ground on Short-Baseline Near Detector building May 3, 2016 CERNconstructionItalyneutrinoSBNSBNDShort-Baseline Near DetectorShort-Baseline Neutrino programFermilab feature On April 27, Fermilab broke ground on the building that will house the future Short-Baseline Near Detector. The particle detector is one of three that, together, Fermilab scientists and collaborators will use to search for the sterile neutrino.
