JTFI fellowship enables Jelani Hannah to dive into research at Fermilab
Postdoctoral researcher Jelani Hannah aims to foster collaboration among teams of researchers during his three-year Joint Task Force Initiative fellowship at Fermilab.
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Double delivery of baby bison at Fermilab today
Spring brings new life to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory as calving season begins for the lab’s herd of American bison. Today, two bison calves were born at Fermilab. The lab has a long tradition of providing habitat for bison, connecting particle physics research to the Midwestern prairie. This season, 20 baby bison are expected.
Fermilab’s Bonnie Fleming newly elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Fermilab’s Chief Research Officer Bonnie Fleming has been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences, honoring excellence and leadership throughout her science career.
Machine learning and experiment
For more than 20 years in experimental particle physics and astrophysics, machine learning has been accelerating the pace of science, helping scientists tackle problems of greater and greater complexity.
Physics vocabulary: AI edition
Don’t know your convolutional neural networks from your boosted decision trees? Symmetry is here to help.
A Minute with Samantha Panock: Environmental Specialist
Samantha Panock, an environmental specialist at Fermilab, talks about the role she plays in the ongoing scientific efforts at Fermilab within the Environment, Health and Safety Division, some of her daily tasks, her passion for martial arts, and much more.
Fermilab in the news
Northern Illinois University, May 2, 2024
A team from Northern Illinois University isy part of the 1,400 scientists and engineers working on the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. In the coming year, they will be responsible for making 300 to 400 of the photon detection modules that will be part of the much larger web of thousands of such modules at the underground Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility in South Dakota.
Physics World, April 30, 2024
Researchers led by Fermilab and the University of Chicago have developed a novel new detector, the Broadband Reflector Experiment for Axion Detection, designed to look for dark matter in the form of particles known as axions and dark photons.
U Chicago News, April 27, 2024
Six members of the University of Chicago faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Included in this year’s selection is Fermilab’s Chief Research Officer, Bonnie Fleming.