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A tour of 10 of this year’s popular science books delivers dark matter, black holes and a hefty dose of Einstein.
Inverse, Dec. 4, 2015: Scientists at Fermilab tell us that an experiment designed to test the so-called “holographic principle” found no evidence that the universe is an illusory 3D projection of information encoded at the distant edges of the universe.
Astronomy Magazine, Dec. 10, 2015: This past year, a sky survey uncovered nine dwarf galaxies within 1 million light-years of the Milky Way. And one of the galaxies from this Dark Energy Survey was a prime dark matter target: Reticulum II.
In September, eight research laboratories from around the globe hosted over 200 photographers at their world-class facilities for a Global Physics Photowalk. Interactions announces the winners.
Members of the Dark Energy Survey have partnered with the LIGO experiment in the hunt for gravitational waves. They’re the DES-GW group. DES-GW will use the Dark Energy Camera to help LIGO search for the source of the gravitational waves it detects.
To learn more about the particles they collide, physicists turn their attention to a less destructive type of collision in the LHC.
Pranav Sivakumar, a student at the Illinois Math and Science Academy, was recently recognized by President Barack Obama at White House Astronomy Night. Fermilab Ask-a-Scientist and Saturday Morning Physics talks were significant influences in his decision to pursue science.
Fermi Research Alliance LLC, a partnership between the University of Chicago and Universities Research Association, has appointed several distinguished new members to its board of directors.
Chicago artist Ellen Sandor, founder and director of the collaborative artists group (art)n, has been chosen as Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s artist-in-residence for 2016.