Designing resilient targets for high-energy particle accelerators
Particle accelerator beams can create significant damage to the targets used to generate particles for experiments. Researchers are designing targets to withstand material degradation from radiation damage, shock from thermal expansion and material fatigue — all caused by accelerated protons.
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Fermilab and Spain sign agreement to strengthen collaboration on the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
The new memorandum of understanding will elevate the collaboration between the Spanish Ministry of Science and Fermilab in developing detection systems and the physics of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. DUNE is an international science project that will seek to determine whether neutrinos could be the reason the universe is made of matter.
Fermilab camp sparks student interest in STEM careers
The Science Accelerating Girls’ Engagement Camp at Fermilab welcomes a diverse group of high school students to a five-day science experience. The program aims to broaden gender diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
From sea to scientific sea
Explore the U.S. Department of Energy’s 17 national laboratories located across the country, including Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. An interactive map provides an overview of these unique facilities designed for cutting-edge research and innovation.
A minute with: Akshay Murthy
Bringing expertise in materials science and engineering, Akshay Murthy is a leader at Fermilab’s Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center. Murthy’s passion at SQMS is extending the lifetimes of quantum states to realize next-generation quantum computers and sensors.
Successful test delivers DUNE steel beam a mile underground
Crews completed the first successful lift and lowering of a steel beam a mile underground for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.
Fermilab in the news
Big Think, Nov. 5, 2024
Why hasn’t matter fallen apart over billions of years? The mystery might start with protons. Scientists continue to conduct experiments that have yet detected proton decay but discovering it would reveal new insights into the fundamental laws of nature.
Amentun, In the News
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science recently awarded the contract to manage and operate Fermilab to a consortium named Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC. It includes Amentum, a market leader in energy and environmental engineering solutions. Amentum has extensive experience in managing complex scientific facilities.
NBC Science News, October 31, 2024
Journalists were recently invited to tour JUNO, a $300 million science facility designed to measure neutrinos. The U.S.-based DUNE project will also measure neutrinos. If JUNO explains the story of neutrino masses before DUNE comes online, the Fermilab-led project would then be able to measure the question differently and confirm JUNO’s results.