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?
#AskSymmetry Twitter chat with Anne Schukraft February 17, 2017 neutrinoSymmetry feature See Fermilab physicist Anne Schukraft’s answers to readers’ questions about neutrinos.
Wizardly neutrinos February 16, 2017 neutrinoSymmetry feature Why can a neutrino pass through solid objects? Watch the four-minute, Harry Potter-inspired explanation.
One minute with Jerry Zimmerman, engineering physicist February 15, 2017 peopleFermilab feature Jerry Zimmerman, known to many as the beloved Mr. Freeze, is a jack of all trades at Fermilab.
Next-gen dark matter detector in a race to finish line February 13, 2017 Berkeley LabBrown UniversityCaliforniaChinadark matterIllinoisItalyLZNew YorkNorthwestern UniversityPortugalRhode IslandSanford LabSanford Underground Research FacilitySLACSouth DakotaSouth KoreaUnited KingdomFermilab feature Berkeley Lab is leading the construction of a mile-deep experiment that seeks to solve a science mystery.
Road trip science February 2, 2017 detectoreducationinternationalityoutreachSymmetry feature The Escaramujo Project delivered detector technology by van to eight universities in Latin America.
This month in Fermilab history: February February 1, 2017 50th anniversaryhistoryFermilab feature As we enter the second month of Fermilab’s 50th year, we look back on Robert Wilson assuming the lab’s first directorship and revisit the lab’s first experiment, along with other memorable milestones.
Changing hands: Saturday Morning Physics directors pass the torch January 27, 2017 educationoutreachFermilab feature Since its inception in 1980 by then-Fermilab Director Leon Lederman, Saturday Morning Physics has been one of the most popular outreach initiatives at Fermilab.
Fermilab achieves milestone beam power for neutrino experiments January 26, 2017 acceleratoraccelerator complexaccelerator R&DMain InjectorneutrinorecyclerFermilab feature Years of work upgrading the accelerator have made it possible to achieve the high beam power needed to produce neutrinos — the most elusive of nature’s known particles — by the truckload.