The value of basic research January 17, 2017 How can we measure the worth of scientific knowledge? Economic analysts give it a shot.
Eric Dahl, Anna Grassellino honored with Presidential Early Career Awards January 16, 2017 The Presidential Early Career Awards highlight the key role that the administration places in encouraging and accelerating American innovation to grow our economy and tackle our greatest challenges.
Why are we called Fermilab? January 13, 2017 Many visitors to Fermilab reasonably conclude from its name that Enrico Fermi worked at the laboratory, but he never did. In fact, he died in 1954, years before scientists even officially recommended the construction of a U.S. accelerator laboratory.
One minute with Farah Fahim, electrical engineer January 11, 2017 You can’t buy electronics for particle detectors off the shelf. Farah Fahim is one of the engineers who designs them.
Visualizing the invisible January 9, 2017 Ellen Sandor, Fermilab’s 2016 artist-in-residence, shines a new light on Fermilab’s neutrino research with her current exhibit at the Fermilab Art Gallery.
CERN ramps up neutrino program January 6, 2017 U.S.-CERN partnership takes on the mystery of neutrinos.
Anything to declare? January 5, 2017 Sometimes being a physicist means giving detector parts the window seat.
This month in Fermilab history: January January 3, 2017 As part of our year-long recognition of Fermilab’s 50th anniversary, we will feature a few important milestones in the laboratory’s history every month.
2016 year in particle physics December 20, 2016 Scientists furthered studies of the Higgs boson, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation and continued the search for undiscovered particles, forces and principles.