Latest news from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) on News en-us Copyright 2024 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/new-results-from-the-cms-experiment-put-w-boson-mass-mystery-to-rest/?sc=rsin /articles/new-results-from-the-cms-experiment-put-w-boson-mass-mystery-to-rest/?sc=rsin Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:05:51 EST Physicists on the CMS experiment announce the most elaborate mass measurement of a particle that is notoriously difficult to study and has captivated the physics community for decades. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/first-neutrinos-detected-at-fermilab-short-baseline-detector/?sc=rsin /articles/first-neutrinos-detected-at-fermilab-short-baseline-detector/?sc=rsin Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:00:00 EST After years of preparation, the first neutrinos have been observed by the Short-Baseline Near Detector collaboration. The data SBND collects will expand our knowledge of how neutrinos interact with matter and will be used to search for evidence of new physics. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/underground-event-marks-excavation-completion-on-colossal-caverns-for-underground-neutrino-laboratory-dune2/?sc=rsin /articles/underground-event-marks-excavation-completion-on-colossal-caverns-for-underground-neutrino-laboratory-dune2/?sc=rsin Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:05:50 EST A massive milestone was celebrated on the international Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment that will tell us more about the universe and how it works. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/dune-scientists-observe-first-neutrinos-with-prototype-detector-at-fermilab/?sc=rsin /articles/dune-scientists-observe-first-neutrinos-with-prototype-detector-at-fermilab/?sc=rsin Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:15:46 EST The prototype of a novel particle detection system for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment successfully recorded its first accelerator neutrinos, providing a first look at the ability of this innovative technology to handle large numbers of the mysterious particles' interactions. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/revived-technology-used-to-count-individual-photons-from-distant-galaxies/?sc=rsin /articles/revived-technology-used-to-count-individual-photons-from-distant-galaxies/?sc=rsin Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:05:24 EST Enabled by a U.S. Department of Energy program, a collaboration of scientists from Fermilab, UChicago, NOIRLab and other institutions demonstrated that skipper-CCD detectors can be utilized to improve cosmology research. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/new-nova-results-add-to-mystery-of-neutrinos/?sc=rsin /articles/new-nova-results-add-to-mystery-of-neutrinos/?sc=rsin Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:00:22 EST The international collaboration presented their first results with new data in four years, featuring a new low-energy sample of electron neutrinos and a dataset doubled in size. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/excavation-of-colossal-caverns-for-fermilab-s-dune-experiment-completed3/?sc=rsin /articles/excavation-of-colossal-caverns-for-fermilab-s-dune-experiment-completed3/?sc=rsin Thu, 01 Feb 2024 09:00:05 EST The excavation of the caverns that will house the gigantic particle detectors of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment in Lead, South Dakota is complete. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/final-supernova-results-from-dark-energy-survey-offer-unique-insights-into-the-expansion-of-the-universe/?sc=rsin /articles/final-supernova-results-from-dark-energy-survey-offer-unique-insights-into-the-expansion-of-the-universe/?sc=rsin Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:05:45 EST In the culmination of a decade's worth of effort, the DES collaboration of scientists analyzed an unprecedented sample of more than 1,500 supernovae classified using machine learning. They placed the strongest constraints on the expansion of the universe ever obtained with the DES supernova survey. While consistent with the current standard cosmological model, the results do not rule out a more complex theory that the density of dark energy in the universe could have varied over time. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/international-science-organizations-sign-agreement-to-provide-hardware-for-the-deep-underground-neutrino-experiment/?sc=rsin /articles/international-science-organizations-sign-agreement-to-provide-hardware-for-the-deep-underground-neutrino-experiment/?sc=rsin Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:05:05 EST Ten international funding agencies will contribute to the construction of the gigantic particle detectors a mile underground for the Fermilab-hosted Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/fermilab-receives-doe-funding-to-further-develop-nationwide-quantum-network/?sc=rsin /articles/fermilab-receives-doe-funding-to-further-develop-nationwide-quantum-network/?sc=rsin Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:05:31 EST DOE awarded Fermilab $9 million to further develop technology for national-scale quantum networks to improve the transmission of information as part of the Advanced Quantum Network for Scientific Discovery project. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/muon-g-2-doubles-down-with-latest-measurement-explores-uncharted-territory-in-search-of-new-physics/?sc=rsin /articles/muon-g-2-doubles-down-with-latest-measurement-explores-uncharted-territory-in-search-of-new-physics/?sc=rsin Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:30:22 EST Scientists working on Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment released the world's most precise measurement yet of the magnetic moment of the muon, bringing particle physics closer to the ultimate showdown between theory and experiment that may uncover new particles or forces. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/dark-srf-experiment-at-fermilab-demonstrates-ultra-sensitivity-for-dark-photon-searches/?sc=rsin /articles/dark-srf-experiment-at-fermilab-demonstrates-ultra-sensitivity-for-dark-photon-searches/?sc=rsin Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:10:41 EST Scientists working on the Dark SRF experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have demonstrated unprecedented sensitivity in an experimental setup used to search for theorized particles called dark photons. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/contract-awarded-for-acquisition-of-large-cryogenic-system-for-dune-detectors-in-south-dakota/?sc=rsin /articles/contract-awarded-for-acquisition-of-large-cryogenic-system-for-dune-detectors-in-south-dakota/?sc=rsin Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:55:31 EST The cryogenic plant, to be installed a mile underground, will provide the cooling for two large liquid-argon neutrino detectors for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/what-does-the-standard-model-predict-for-the-magnetic-moment-of-the-muon/?sc=rsin /articles/what-does-the-standard-model-predict-for-the-magnetic-moment-of-the-muon/?sc=rsin Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:30:18 EST A large number of scientists are working on improving the Standard Model prediction of the value of muon g-2 using new data and new lattice calculations. By measuring and calculating this number to ultra-high precision, scientists can test whether the Standard Model is complete. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/illinois-governor-local-legislators-unveil-new-buildings-to-advance-science-at-fermilab/?sc=rsin /articles/illinois-governor-local-legislators-unveil-new-buildings-to-advance-science-at-fermilab/?sc=rsin Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:05:53 EST DOE Office of Science officials, Gov. Pritzker and other local legislators joined international partners and collaborators and at Fermilab for the opening of two new buildings and the groundbreaking of another to usher in a new era of science. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/dune-collaboration-tests-new-technology-for-second-detector-module/?sc=rsin /articles/dune-collaboration-tests-new-technology-for-second-detector-module/?sc=rsin Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:25:17 EST Scientists working on the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are developing a vertical drift detector. The new technology may open doors to building large neutrino detectors at a lower cost and in a simpler manner. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/dune-collaboration-ready-to-ramp-up-mass-production-for-first-detector-module/?sc=rsin /articles/dune-collaboration-ready-to-ramp-up-mass-production-for-first-detector-module/?sc=rsin Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:10:33 EST The international DUNE collaboration is conducting final tests of the components for its first neutrino detector module, to be installed a mile underground in South Dakota. Preparations for ramping up the mass production of these components are underway. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/a-new-way-to-explore-proton-s-structure-with-neutrinos-yields-first-results/?sc=rsin /articles/a-new-way-to-explore-proton-s-structure-with-neutrinos-yields-first-results/?sc=rsin Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:00:00 EST Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/scientists-release-newly-accurate-map-of-all-the-matter-in-the-universe/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-release-newly-accurate-map-of-all-the-matter-in-the-universe/?sc=rsin Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:00:00 EST A group of scientists, including several with the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, have released one of the most precise measurements ever made of how matter is distributed across the universe today. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) /articles/it-s-colossal-creating-the-world-s-largest-dilution-refrigerator/?sc=rsin /articles/it-s-colossal-creating-the-world-s-largest-dilution-refrigerator/?sc=rsin Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:05:37 EST To cool quantum computing components, researchers use machines called dilution refrigerators. Researchers and engineers from the SQMS Center are building Colossus, the largest, most powerful refrigerator at millikelvin temperatures ever made. The new machine will enable new physics and quantum computing experiments. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)