ICEBERG tests future neutrino detector systems with ‘beautiful’ results
The international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, or DUNE, hosted by Fermilab, will be huge. In fact, with more than 1,000 collaborators from over 30 countries and five continents, it’s the…
Fermilab hosts successful Outdoor Family Fair
The mission of U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is to conduct experiments that push our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of matter. Part of that mission…
After mapping millions of galaxies, Dark Energy Survey finishes data collection
Join CERN, Fermilab and SURF live for a journey on DUNE and all things neutrinos
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is going live on June 15, to discuss all things neutrinos with our partners at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland and the…
Prototype for DUNE detector will test new technology that can handle more neutrinos
Long before the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment takes its first measurements in an effort to expand our understanding of the universe, a prototype for one of the experiment’s detectors is…
Joint appointment at JGU and Fermilab: Alfons Weber is JGU’s new W3 Professor of Experimental Particle Physics
Professor Alfons Weber will supervise the design and construction of the so-called DUNE Near Detector complex, which will be located close to the source of the neutrino beams at Fermilab….
NIU students lend their engineering skills to PIP-II
PIP-II, the state-of-the-art linear accelerator project at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, received some help this year from undergraduate engineering students at Northern Illinois University. Every…
New center will enhance engineering research at Fermilab
The Integrated Engineering Research Center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is about to become the place to tackle the technical challenges of particle physics experiments….
DUNE Resources Review Board to meet in South Dakota for the first time
Fermilab Deputy Director Bonnie Fleming, chair of the DUNE Resources Review Board. Credit: Fermilab On March 30 and 31, representatives from science funding agencies around the world will meet in…
ICARUS neutrino detector installed in new Fermilab home
For four years, three laboratories on two continents have prepared the ICARUS particle detector to capture the interactions of mysterious particles called neutrinos at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi…