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28-Jan-2021
National laboratories' magnet designers look to the future of light sources with new prototype
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
After more than 15 years of work, scientists at three DOE national laboratories have succeeded in creating and testing an advanced, more powerful superconducting magnet made of niobium and tin for use in the next generation of light sources.
27-Jan-2021
Precision measurements of intracluster light suggest possible link to dark matter
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Faint light from rogue stars not bound to galaxies has been something of a mystery to scientists. The dimness of this intracluster light makes it difficult to measure, and no one knows how much there is. Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey, led by Fermilab, have made the most radially extended measurement of this light ever, and they've found that its distribution might point to the distribution of dark matter.
14-Jan-2021
Dark Energy Survey makes public catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
The international collaboration, including Fermilab, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, NOIRLab and others, releases a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images from six years of surveys. This data release is one of the largest astronomical catalogs issued to date.
8-Jan-2021
Fermilab receives DOE award to develop machine learning for particle accelerators
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermilab scientists and engineers are developing a machine learning platform to help run Fermilab's accelerator complex alongside a fast-response machine learning application for accelerating particle beams. The programs will work in tandem to boost efficiency and energy conservation in Fermilab accelerators.
16-Dec-2020
Major upgrade to Fermilab accelerator complex gets green light
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
The US Department of Energy has formally approved the scope, schedule and cost of the PIP-II project at Fermilab. The PIP-II accelerator will become the heart of Fermilab's upgraded accelerator complex, delivering more powerful proton beams to the lab's experiments and enabling deeper probes of the fundamental constituents of the universe.
15-Dec-2020
Fermilab and partners achieve sustained, high-fidelity quantum teleportation
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A joint team of researchers at Fermilab and partner institutions have achieved quantum teleportation, teleporting information over a distance of 44 kilometers. The remarkable achievement supports the premise that scientists and engineers can build a workable and high-fidelity quantum network using practical devices.
14-Dec-2020
One minute with Kate Sienkiewicz, LBNF Near Site Conventional Facilities project manager
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
From working at the CIA to designing science facilities at Fermilab, Kate Sienkiewicz enjoys tackling complex problems. Currently, she oversees the team tasked with designing and building conventional facilities at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility near site for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment — all with the overarching goal of understanding the universe.
4-Dec-2020
DUNE publishes first physics results from prototype detector
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Results from the ProtoDUNE single-phase detector at CERN pave the way for detectors 20 times larger for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, hosted by Fermilab.
18-Nov-2020
Contract awarded for the excavation of gigantic caverns for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
This month, Thyssen Mining Inc. was awarded the contract to excavate the gigantic caverns for Fermilab's Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility. Excavation crews will drill, blast and remove approximately 800,000 tons of rock to create the underground space for LBNF. When complete, the facility will house the enormous particle detector for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, hosted by Fermilab.