Explore the wonders of nature at Fermilabβs Family Outdoor Fair on Sunday, June 9
Fermilab’s Family Outdoor Fair is scheduled for Sunday, June 9 from 1-4 p.m. What could be better than spending a fun-filled day outdoors and learning about natural science at the…
DOE Deputy Secretary Turk, Gov. Pritzker, local legislators unveil new buildings to advance science at Fermilab
Gov. Pritzker and other local legislators joined DOE officials at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, for the opening of two new buildings and the groundbreaking of another to usher in a…
Construction crews start lowering equipment a mile underground for excavation for DUNE
The Fermilab-hosted Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is an enormous international scientific effort. More than a thousand researchers aim to shed light on elusive subatomic particles known as neutrinos — and…
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…