SLACβs superconducting X-ray laser reaches operating temperature colder than outer space
…However, since LCLS-II uses superconducting cavities instead of warm copper cavities based on 60-year-old technology, it can can deliver up to a million pulses per second, 10,000 times the number…
India formally begins construction phase for contributions to Fermilabβs new particle accelerator
…Technology in Indore, and the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre in Kolkata. Many of these Indian institutions will provide a significant number of technical components for PIP-II, including superconducting acceleration structures,…
Retired equipment lives on in new physics experiments
SURF to lower beams for DUNE cryostats starting next year
Lia Merminga to lead Fermilab’s next accelerator project
Lia Merminga The first particle accelerator to be built in the United States with significant contributions from international partners is taking shape at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator…
William Pellico receives 2024 URA Honorary Engineering Award
William Pellico’s philosophy on life has always been “be comfortable with being uncomfortable.” He’s lived by this principle to the fullest extent during his 30-plus-year engineering career at the U.S….
Contract awarded for acquisition of large cryogenic system for DUNE detectors in South Dakota
A newly awarded multi-year contract for the acquisition of a large cryogenic plant to cool tens of thousands of tons of liquid argon brings the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment one…
Major upgrade to Fermilab accelerator complex gets green light
The U.S. Department of Energy has formally approved the scope, schedule and cost of the PIP-II project at DOE’s Fermilab. The approval, known as Critical Decision 2 or CD-2, is…
UK scientists build core components of global neutrino experiment
Editor’s note: This is a version of an article originally published by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. Engineers and technicians in the UK have started production of key…
Underground event marks excavation completion on colossal caverns for underground neutrino laboratory, DUNE
Lead, S.D. (Aug. 15, 2024) — A ribbon-cutting event was held today at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, S.D. to mark the completion of excavation work for…