One minute with Thomas Hein, TARGET program teaching assistant July 17, 2017 educationpeopleFermilab feature As a TARGET student last year, Hein helped create a Python course for other TARGET students. Now he’s back teaching as an extended intern.
Mark Zuckerberg goes live from Sanford Lab July 13, 2017 Deep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNELBNFLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilitypeopleSanford LabSanford Underground Research FacilitySouth DakotaFermilab feature More than 2 million people have viewed Zuckerberg’s Facebook Live video, which discusses DUNE, neutrinos and the search for dark matter.
50th memories: The arrival of the big plant July 12, 2017 50th anniversaryhistoryFermilab feature Way back when, I was in the Materials Supply Group, I was in charge of looking through lists of equipment that laboratories and government facilities had placed in excess.
VENu makes it possible to watch a neutrino hunter at work July 11, 2017 MicroBooNEneutrinoNew MexicoNew Mexico State UniversityUnited Kingdomvirtual tourFermilab feature Peek inside the MicroBooNE neutrino detector with the help of VENu, a free virtual-reality smartphone app.
When was the Higgs actually discovered? July 5, 2017 ATLASCERNCMSHiggs bosonLarge Hadron ColliderLHCSymmetry feature The announcement on July 4 was just one part of the story. Take a peek behind the scenes of the discovery of the Higgs boson.
Perfecting the noise-canceling neutrino detector July 5, 2017 detectorMicroBooNEneutrinoresultFermilab feature If you have ever tried to watch a movie or listen to music on a plane, then you know the problem well: The roar of the engines makes it difficult to hear what’s being piped through the speakers — even when those speakers are situated in or on your ear.
Contract to design rock conveyor for neutrino experiment awarded July 5, 2017 Deep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNELBNFLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilitySanford LabSanford Underground Research FacilitySouth DakotaFermilab feature Fermilab and Sanford Lab expect conveyor installation to begin in mid-2018.
This month in Fermilab history: July July 3, 2017 50th anniversaryhistoryFermilab feature July brought Fermilab three new directors, two discovery announcements and one big, red ring.
Awards will fund quantum sensor technology for dark matter searches June 29, 2017 ADMXaxiondark matterIllinoisquantum sensorUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of WashingtonWashingtonFermilab feature Scientists at Fermilab and the University of Chicago are planning to search for hypothesized invisible particles using cutting-edge quantum sensor technology.