Five thousand eyes on the skies: Scientists choreograph robots to observe distant galaxies

Scientists have begun operating the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI, to create a 3-D map of over 30 million galaxies and quasars that will help them understand the nature of dark energy. The new instrument is the most advanced of its...
6-Jul-2020 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Saturday Morning Physics goes virtual

Fermilab's popular outreach program for high school students, started in 1980, takes full advantage of modern technology to reach a broader audience. Recordings now are available online.
1-Jul-2020 1:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

CMS collaboration publishes 1,000th paper

On June 19, scientists at the CMS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider published their 1,000th paper. The monumental achievement reflects an incomparable contribution to humanity's understanding of the universe — and it's just the beginning.
24-Jun-2020 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Crews create a blast to take the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to the next stage

Construction workers have carried out the first underground blasting for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, which will provide the space, infrastructure and particle beam for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. This prep work...
24-Jun-2020 12:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Three Fermilab scientists receive DOE Early Career Research Awards

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has selected three Fermilab scientists to receive the 2020 DOE Early Career Research Award, now in its 11th year. The prestigious award is designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by...
23-Jun-2020 2:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Neutrino 2020 kicks off June 22

The 29th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics brings together thousands of researchers for the latest developments in the field.
17-Jun-2020 2:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Physicists publish worldwide consensus of muon magnetic moment calculation

An international team of theoretical physicists have published their calculation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. Their work expands on an equation that revolutionized physics almost a century ago and that may aid scientists in the...
11-Jun-2020 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Accelerating science globally: PIP-II engineers continue designs for particle-propelling machine from home

Engineers from five countries are coordinating the design of the large cryomodules that will enable the new PIP-II accelerator at Fermilab to generate protons for the world’s most powerful beam of neutrinos, in support of the international Deep...
8-Jun-2020 11:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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