U.S. CMS collaborators receive approval for massive detector upgrade
The U.S. Department of Energy has formally approved the start of full production for the $200 million DOE-funded contributions to the upgrade of the CMS experiment at CERN. Together with…
U.S., India sign agreement providing for neutrino physics collaboration at Fermilab and in India
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, left, and Indian Atomic Energy Secretary Sekhar Basu, right, signed an agreement on Monday in New Delhi, opening the door for continued cooperation on…
DUNE prototype detector ArgonCube crosses the globe
Imagine you’re standing at one end of a long, windowless hallway. The only light is the beam from a flashlight in your hand, illuminating the length of the hall. In…
Fermilab and UNICAMP enter next phase of collaboration on argon purification for DUNE
Leaders with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Campinas in Brazil, known as UNICAMP, met at Fermilab in November to sign an addition…
Sanford Lab preps for excavation above and below the surface
Argonaut project launches design effort for super-cold robotics
The Argonauts of Greek mythology braved sharp rocks, rough seas, magic and monsters to find the fabled Golden Fleece. A new robotics project at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National…
DUNE collaboration completes Interim Design Report for gigantic particle detectors
The DUNE Interim Design Report is now available online. The more than 1,000 scientists and engineers from 32 countries working on the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), hosted by…
Odia scientist in BARC gets pat from Modi
PIP-II transportation test frame is ready for action
Cryomodules are essential components for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s accelerator complex upgrade, known as the Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II. PIP-II features a brand-new,…
Particle detector at Fermilab plays crucial role in Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
A century ago, physicists didn’t know about the existence of neutrinos, the most abundant, elusive and ethereal subatomic particles of matter in the universe. Although they are abundant, each individual…