A group called the Big Bang Collective sets up physics discovery stations at rather unexpected venues: music festivals.
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The first batch of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to mine. Taken during the experiment’s “survey validation” phase, the data include distant galaxies and quasars as well as stars in our own Milky Way.
From the Black Hills Pioneer, June 10, 2023: The city of Lead announced Fermi Research Alliance contributed a majority of the costs to the improvements of Manuel Brothers Park in Lead, South Dakota. FRA’s contribution will help pay for the concrete pathway that has been built around the perimeter of the park that the is used as a gathering place for many events and activities for the residents throughout the year.
From Phys.org. June 9, 2023: A team of theoretical physicists led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities has discovered a new way to search for axions, hypothetical particles to help explain “Strong CP Problem”, a puzzling phenomenon in which neutrons do not interact with electric fields despite being made up of quarks. The team worked with experimental researchers at Fermilab and this new strategy opens up previously unexplored opportunities to detect axions in particle collider experiments.
From Stanford University, June 7, 2023: Stanford University has announced experimental particle physicist, Stan Wojcicki, who played an essential role in modern neutrino oscillation experiments using high energy beams, has passed away. Wojcicki was spokesperson for the MINOS neutrino experiment at Fermilab and was well-known as he played a major role at Fermilab.
Associate scientist Jennifer Ngadiuba received two top awards last fall to advance artificial intelligence and machine-learning research in high-energy physics.
For over a century, scientists have wondered what is counteracting the force of gravity in the universe.
From CERN, June 6, 2023: Join CERN, Fermilab and Sanford Underground Research Facility on June 15 at 11 a.m. CDT for its first gameshow-style livestream to learn about all things neutrinos. Click to learn more about this exciting virtual event.
Royal Holloway University of London and the National Physical Laboratory bring expertise and research capabilities to the SQMS Center as new partnership institutions.
From the Innovation News Network, May 31, 2023: Editor Georgie Purcell interviews Sean Foster, Research Scientist at Boston University, and Elia Bottalico, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Liverpool, who are both heavily involved on the Muon g-2 experiment. The g-2 collaboration scientists are in the final stages of data analysis for Runs 2 and 3 and are preparing to announce the results later this year.