This Day in Fermilab History: March 1, 1972 March 1, 2017 50th anniversaryhistoryThis Day in Fermilab HistoryFermilab feature On March 1, 1972, the accelerator reached its 200-GeV design energy.
Geneva’s Jim Jenkins is Fermilab’s new artist-in-residence March 1, 2017 artist-in-residenceFermilab Art GallerysculptureFermilab feature Jim Jenkins likes to think big. A sculptor by trade and by passion, this Geneva artist is best known for his grand-scale projects with local public libraries.
This month in Fermilab history: March March 1, 2017 50th anniversaryhistoryFermilab feature In March, Fermilab saw the installation of its final Tevatron magnet, the start of MINOS and Tevatron Run II operations, and the groundbreaking for the Main Injector. Read on for more March milestones.
How to build a universe February 28, 2017 cosmologyFermilab feature Our universe should be a formless fog of energy. Why isn’t it?
This Day in Fermilab History: Feb. 28, 1967 February 28, 2017 50th anniversaryhistoryThis Day in Fermilab HistoryFermilab feature On February 28, 1967, Robert R. Wilson became the director of the National Accelerator Laboratory.
New world-leading limit on dark matter search from PICO experiment February 27, 2017 bubble chamberCanadaCzech Republicdark matterIndiaIndianaIndiana University - South BendMexicoNortheastern Illinois UniversityPacific Northwest National LaboratoryPICO-60SpainUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of MontrealVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityWashingtonPress release The PICO-60 dark matter bubble chamber experiment has produced a new dark matter limit after analysis of data from the most recent run.
One minute with Keith Coiley, data center specialist February 24, 2017 peopleFermilab feature Every day is different for Keith Coiley, who will cheerfully help you manage almost any task that comes his way.
The global reach of DUNE February 23, 2017 BrazilCERNChilecollaborationColombiaColoradoColorado State UniversityDeep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNEIndiainternationalityLatin AmericaLBNFLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilityneutrinoPeruUnited KingdomFermilab feature Researchers from around the world sign on to be a part of the future Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
Putting to good use: Old lab equipment goes to new science February 22, 2017 educationfacilitiesinstrumentationFermilab feature Some older lab instruments may have outlived their usefulness in Fermilab experiments, but that doesn’t mean they can’t live on in other science projects.
Scientific Linux: Created for physics, now used in medicine February 20, 2017 collaborationcomputingScientific LinuxFermilab feature Did you know that imaging scanners at the hospital next door could be running the same operating system as Fermilab’s particle accelerators and experiments?