Pinning down the ampere with a supersensitive particle detector
…Physics Prize and the 2020 URA Early Career Award for his work on skipper CCDs. “In principle, you can reduce this to a number that is arbitrarily small. We have…
Ten times science proved the world is amazing in 2018
From Live Science, Dec. 25, 2018: Results from Fermilab’s MiniBooNE neutrino experiment makes Live Science’s top science stories of 2018, at number 4….
ADMX announces breakthrough in axion dark matter detection technology
…of time before we find them.” One theory suggests that the dark matter that holds galaxies together might be made up of a vast number of low-mass particles, which are…
DUNE and Georgian Technical University discuss future cooperation on worldwide neutrino experiment
…would become the newest in a growing number of institutions contributing to the detector of the next big neutrino experiment. This work is supported by the DOE Office of Science….
NOvA experiment sees strong evidence for antineutrino oscillation
…data set is a fraction of our goal, but the number of oscillation events we see is far greater than we would expect if antineutrinos didn’t oscillate from muon type…
ArgoNeuT sheds light on electron neutrino interactions
…about each particle produced when a neutrino interacts to infer the type and properties of the original neutrino. The kind and number of particles produced in a neutrino interaction also…
SciTech celebrates 30 years of scientific exploration
…that the number of field trips and outreach events are dramatically on the rise. About 75,000 visitors come to SciTech every year from across the western suburbs, and the museum…
First demonstration of a new particle beam technology at Fermilab
…denser particle beams, increasing the number of collisions and giving researchers a better chance to explore rare physics phenomena that help us understand our universe. The team published its findings…
Delegation from the House Science Committee visits Fermilab
…“When the 17 labs work together, that allows us to build on that and be the number one innovative, scientific discovery country in the world. And that’s where we want…
Quantum revolution challenges the world will face
…that a simple proof of principle for a quantum network is imminent. In 2017, a number of institutions partnered with Fermilab to begin constructing a quantum network hosted at Fermilab….