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Why Particle Physics Matters
Particle physicists dedicate their lives to understanding the fundamental nature of energy, matter, space and time. Why do they do it? Why is it important for the rest of us? We asked scientists from nine universities and four national laboratories and summarized their answers in this 2-minute video.
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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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How the Higgs works
Scientists have discovered the long-sought Higgs particle. But what does it do? Fermilab physicist Don Lincoln worked with animators at TED-Education to create a video about the Higgs.
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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.
Fermilab Today
- Oct. 1, 2013
- From symmetry: Physics computing innovation benefits multitude
- Director's Corner: Organizational changes
- Video of the Day: Chirping minks
- Photo of the Day: Minimalist perspective
- Construction Update: PXIE ion source moved into place at CMTF cave
- From Physics Today, Sept. 26, 2013: Meet Fermilab's new director
Public Events: October
What's going on at Fermilab? Check out our new monthly video series for the lowdown on all of our public events. New videos will be posted on the first of each month.
Fermilab Documentary
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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Carlo Rubbia visits Fermilab
Nobel Prize-winning Italian physicist and former CERN Director General Carlo Rubbia visited Fermilab on Tuesday, Sept. 17, to discuss future collaborations related to Fermilab's neutrino program. While on site, Rubbia met with Director Nigel Lockyer and toured the lab's Liquid-Argon Test Facility, the MicroBooNE detector assembly hall and the Minos cavern.
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.
Project X
Project X would allow for numerous experiments at the intensity frontier and would allow scientists to develop technologies for a future machine at the energy frontier.
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.