The world will soon be celebrating the hunt for the universe’s most elusive matter in a series of Dark Matter Day events planned in over a dozen countries.
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We’ve nearly met our worker goal and, in order to close the gap, are extending the sign-up deadline by one day.
Come join us in celebration as the “Fermilab Photo Club Celebrates 50th Anniversary” at Water Street Studios 160 S. Water Street Batavia www.waterstreetstudios.org The opening reception is on August 11 from 6-9 p.m. There will be food, drink and music. Upstairs in the Kane County Chronicle Gallery “Day and Night” photography by Martin Murphy Exhibits on display August 11 through September 3. Water Street Studios open Friday 1-9pm, Saturday 12-4pm, Sunday 12-4pm.
The DuPage Symphony Orchestra and guest soloist Steven Lin will present “Russian Majesty”, featuring Glinka: Overture to “The Life for the Tsar”, Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 2, “Antar”, and Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major. The concert is at 3 PM on Sunday February 12 at the Wentz Concert Hall in downtown Naperville. Tickets are available online at www.dupagesymphony.org or call 630-637-7469.
Sitting in the packed One West seminar room at 3 a.m. on Wednesday morning and watching a broadcast from the European laboratory CERN, Fermilab physicists Rob Roser (CDF) and Patty McBride (CMS) applaud as LHC scientists announce the discovery of a new particle that appears to be the Higgs boson.
A standing room-only crowd gathered at 2 a.m. yesterday in One West to watch CERN’s broadcast on their latest Higgs search results.
A local boy scout shows his unscarred palms to the audience after one of the scientists from the annual “Wonders of Science” show lit a fire in the boy’s hands.