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Unanswered Questions
Do you think scientists have all the answers? Take a look at which fundamental questions particle physicists are still hoping to answer.
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Dark Energy Survey's five-year mission begins
The Dark Energy Survey officially began on Aug. 31. Using the powerful Dark Energy Camera, scientists will map a portion of the sky in unprecedented detail, seeking answers to the mystery of dark energy.
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Construction of the NOvA experiment
A new neutrino experiment, called NOvA, is under construction at Fermilab and in Ash River, Minnesota. The team of scientists, engineers and technicians will complete the 330-ton near detector and 14,000-ton far detector in 2014. The first section of the detector started recording 3-D particle tracks in March 2013.
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How particle physics can save your life
The tools of particle physics play an important role in hospitals around the world. They help diagnose disease, shrink tumors and sterilize medical equipment. Large-scale computing evaluates potential drugs before large-scale human trials. And particle-physics-trained scientists serve as medical physicists, making sure everything works as planned.
Fermilab Today
- Dec. 9, 2013
- Profile: Bill Gatfield, Technical Division welder
- Tip of the Week: Safety: Keep the holidays fun and safe
- Photo of the Day: Friday night lights
- Video of the Day: Big questions: dark matter
- From symmetry: U.S. particle physicists look to space
- From NBC News, Dec. 4, 2013: What's dark matter? Find out about the new frontiers of physics
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Watch "Fermilab: Science at Work"
"Fermilab: Science at Work" is a new 40-minute documentary from Clayton Brown and Monica Long Ross, makers of the PBS film "The Atom Smashers." It follows ten Fermilab scientists as they try to solve the mysteries of the universe. You can watch the entire film online now.
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U.S. LHC Participation
Fermilab and other U.S. institutions have made major contributions to the construction of the Large Hadron Collider and its particle detectors, located at CERN in Europe. From the discovery of a Higgs-like particle to the search for new subatomic forces, U.S. Scientists play a major role in research at the LHC.
U.S. CMS Collaboration
Fermilab serves as the U.S. Hub for the nearly 1,000 scientists and engineers from U.S. universities and laboratories who work on the CMS experiment at the LHC. From the LHC Remote Operations Center at Fermilab, they can monitor the collisions produced by the machine in Europe.
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Video: Building a next-generation neutrino experiment
This 7-minute video features the NOvA experiment and the construction of its 14,000-ton particle detector in northern Minnesota. The detector will record neutrinos produced by accelerators at Fermilab, 500 miles south of the NOvA far detector site.
Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment
The proposed Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment will explore the transformations of the world's highest-intensity neutrino beam to find out what role neutrinos played in the evolution of the universe.
Illinois Accelerator Research Center
At the Illinois Accelerator Research Center scientists and engineers will collaborate with industrial partners on breakthroughs in accelerator science and translate them into applications for the nation's health, wealth and security.
Muon Campus
Fermilab's plans for a Muon Campus with top-notch Intensity Frontier experiments are progressing. Two experiments have received first-stage approval.
Dark Energy Survey
Scientists wonder why the universe is expanding ever faster. What mysterious force is at work? By recording the light from hundreds of millions of galaxies, they hope to find out what's going on.
Research at the Intensity Frontier
A new brochure, Particle Physics at the Intensity Frontier, explains the goals of fundamental research at the Intensity Frontier. It is a lay-language accompaniment to the scientific report detailing last year's Intensity Frontier Workshop.
How particle physics improves
your life
Symmetry magazine shows examples of how particle physics technology improves the world we live in, from MRIs to shrink wrap.
Beacons of Discovery
Beacons of Discovery outlines the unprecedented opportunities for scientific discovery available to particle physics and the potential rewards of the world’s nations and regions working together to form a single scientific enterprise.
50 Breakthroughs
America's national laboratories work as engines of invention and prosperity. Science and engineering achievements by the 17 Department of Energy labs have changed and improved the lives of millions.