Brazil in Batavia: How a timely invitation sparked 30 years of partnership May 18, 2016 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 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 Theorists map and navigate the sea of possible particle discoveries.
Large Hadron Collider prepares to deliver six times the data May 9, 2016 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 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.
Fermilab scientists Sam Posen, Jen Raaf win prestigious DOE Early Career Research Awards May 4, 2016 Each will receive $2.5 million, distributed over five years, to advance their work at the laboratory.
Preparing for the sterile neutrino search: Fermilab breaks ground on Short-Baseline Near Detector building May 3, 2016 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.
A GUT feeling about physics April 28, 2016 Scientists want to connect the fundamental forces of nature in one Grand Unified Theory.
It’s baby bison time! Fermilab sees first new addition to the herd for 2016 April 26, 2016 Fermilab welcomed the first baby bison of 2016 on Tuesday, April 26, increasing the herd size to 18. As many as 14 more calves are expected before early June.