In photos: LBNF rebuilds portal for rock transportation system
The pre-excavation work for the South Dakota portion of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility reached another milestone. In June, construction workers finished securing the portal of the old tramway tunnel. The…
CMS collaboration publishes 1,000th paper
…it only was publication number 183 for the CMS collaboration. On June 19, CMS scientists celebrated publishing their 1,000th peer-reviewed research paper. It’s an unprecedented achievement. For the last 10…
MicroBooNE experimentβs first results show no hint of a sterile neutrino
…with mass in our universe—though they rarely interact with other matter. They’re also particularly intriguing to physicists, with a number of unanswered questions surrounding them. These puzzles include why their…
Fermilab-led microelectronics codesign team works to develop a cutting-edge particle detector
…be a large number of users of this technology,” said Armstrong. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy. The Office…
Underground personnel capacity doubles at Sanford Lab
…emergency. Photo: Nick Hubbard “This recent project doubles the number of people that can safely work underground at once, increasing the headcount from 72 to 144 people,” said Mike Headley,…
The smoke in the sky is a good sign
…of the primary tools available to help achieve Fermilab’s habitat restoration and conservation goals. Photo: Christopher Williams, Fermilab According to Chess, the fires help control the number of invasive species,…
Tests start at CERN for large-scale prototype of new technology to detect neutrinos
…with no detector components in the middle of the liquid argon and a reduced number of readout elements at the top. “This is a very elegant design that requires advances…
Ten ways Fermilab advanced science and technology in 2024
…magnets to strongly focus the proton beams and increase the number of collisions. Fermilab innovations were crucial to making these high-field magnets possible. 6. Strengthened our leadership in quantum information…
The biggest little detectors
…particle interaction and converting it into electrons, multiplying their number and so amplifying the signal’s strength as the electrons travel down the tube. With two tricked-out detectors, the DUNE collaboration…
Department of Energy awards Fermilab $3.5 million for quantum science
…experience in conventional computing and networks, we can advance quantum science in directions that not many other places can.” As part of a number of grants to national laboratories and…