Madagascar’s path to neutrino physics November 16, 2022 DUNELBNFLBNF/DUNEMINERvAresearchSymmetry feature Laza Rakotondravohitra was the first Malagasy grad student to conduct research in neutrino physics. He and others are working to ensure he will be far from the last.
Access to University of Chicago’s Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility enables quantum research November 9, 2022 quantumqubitsSQMSSQMS CenterUniversity of ChicagoFermilab feature SQMS Center researchers have fabricated quantum devices to evaluate the effect of different materials on qubit performance, thanks to proximity to the Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility.
SBND scientists complete assembly of large neutrino detection system November 7, 2022 detectorneutrinoSBNSBNDShort-Baseline Near DetectorShort-Baseline Neutrino programUNICAMPFermilab feature An international group of scientists has finished the assembly of the large neutrino detection system for the Short-Baseline Near Detector at Fermilab.
Fermilab receives Inflation Reduction Act funding November 4, 2022 DOEDOE national laboratoryfundingresearchPress release The U.S. Department of Energy allocated funds to its 17 national laboratories from the Inflation Reduction Act to mitigate the rise of project costs as a result of inflation. Fermilab will spend the funding on the lab’s on-going construction projects. This will allow the lab’s major projects to uphold their schedules and keep their commitment to international collaborators.
15 photos celebrating Fermilab’s storied bison November 4, 2022 bisonNational Bison DayFermilab feature National Bison Day is Nov. 5. To mark the occasion, here’s a look at the lab’s herd over the years.
Gina Rameika named the new associate director for high-energy physics at DOE November 3, 2022 DOEDUNEhigh-energy physicsOffice of SciencepeopleFermilab feature The Fermilab Distinguished Scientist and DUNE collaboration co-spokesperson will be the next associate director for the DOE’s Office of High Energy Physics.
A minute with Sajid Ali Syed, computational science and AI research associate November 2, 2022 acceleratorcomputingpeopleFermilab feature Always looking for a new trail to ride his bike on or an opportunity to catch a live show in town, Sajid Ali Syed is a research associate in the Computational Science and AI Directorate for high-energy physics applications at Fermilab.
New MicroBooNE analysis takes a closer look at the sterile neutrino October 31, 2022 MicroBooNEsterile neutrinoFermilab feature The MicroBooNE collaboration at Fermilab has released a new analysis of their neutrino data. The result provides constraints on a model that assumes the existence of a sterile neutrino to explain anomalies in neutrino measurements by other experiments.
Largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in 8 years October 31, 2022 DECamFermilab feature Twilight observations from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory spot three, large near-Earth objects lurking in the inner solar system.
The smoke in the sky is a good sign October 21, 2022 ecologyprescribed burnsFermilab feature Fermilab’s Roads and Grounds team use prescribed burns to restore land around the lab.