Northern Illinois flourishes as accelerator R&D hub under Fermilab leadership

Fermilab and partners in northern Illinois have established the region as a leader in particle accelerator science and technology. Few places in the world boast such concentrated effort in particle acceleration research, developing and building...
25-Sep-2020 12:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

The next big thing: the use of graph neural networks to discover particles

Fermilab scientists have implemented a cloud-based machine learning framework to handle data from the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Now they can begin to use graph neural networks to boost their pattern recognition abilities in the...
24-Sep-2020 2:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Graziano Venanzoni elected new co-spokesperson of Muon g-2 collaboration

A physicist at the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Venanzoni will help prepare the Muon g-2 collaboration for its highly anticipated first scientific publication and work with partners to ensure a long life for the experiment, where...
21-Sep-2020 2:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

ICEBERG tests future neutrino detector systems with 'beautiful' results

Scientists are testing the components and systems for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, hosted by Fermilab, with other liquid-argon particle detectors. One such detector is ICEBERG, which is over 10,000 times smaller than DUNE...
18-Sep-2020 1:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Fermilab scientist Vladimir Shiltsev elected to Academia Europaea

Widely recognized for his work in accelerator beam physics, Shiltsev is one of 361 individuals elected to Academia Europaea, which promotes a wider appreciation of the value of European scholarship and research.
17-Sep-2020 12:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Safety in robots: Mu2e’s automated handler

Humans and robots work together in a carefully choreographed dance to maintain peak production target performance in Mu2e’s search for new physics – direct muon-to-electron conversion.
10-Sep-2020 10:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Jonathan Jarvis wins prestigious DOE award for development of next-generation particle beam cooling and control

This award, totaling $2.5 million, will fund the development of a faster particle beam cooling method as well as the implementation of machine learning advancements to optimally control the system.
1-Sep-2020 1:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Fermilab to lead $115 million National Quantum Information Science Research Center to build revolutionary quantum computer with Rigetti Computing, Northwestern University, Ames Laboratory, NASA, INFN and additional partners

Fermilab has been selected to lead one of five national centers to bring about transformational advances in quantum information science as a part of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative. The initiative provides the new Superconducting Quantum...
27-Aug-2020 2:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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