From Gizmodo, Sept. 11, 2018: The Large Hadron Collider started up in 2008, and in 2012, LHC scientists announced the discovery of the Higgs boson. Here's what else is happening at the famous collider. Recent CMS spokesperson and Fermilab scientist Joel Butler comments.
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Department of Energy awards Fermilab more than $10 million for quantum science
Through its Quantum Information Science-Enabled Discovery program, DOE is awarding Fermilab researchers funding for five quantum-science initiatives. It also funds Fermilab's participation in three further initiatives led by other institutions.
Department of Energy announces $218 million for quantum information science
Quantum science is expected to lay the foundation for the next generation of computing and information processing as well as an array of other innovative technologies.
First particle tracks seen in prototype for international neutrino experiment
CERN and Fermilab announce big step in Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
Q&A with Joel Butler on leading the CMS experiment
Joel Butler reflects on his time as the CMS spokesperson and what's next in his long physics career.
A 25-foot thermometer for neutrino science
This instrument developed for DUNE can take 48 temperatures simultaneously and with expert precision.
Fermilab hosts tutorial from Google as part of unique hands-on workshop on quantum information science
High-energy physicists and members of industry will meet face-to-face to brainstorm ideas and participate in the field's first hands-on quantum computing workshop.
In The Media
From STFC, Sept. 18, 2018: The enormous ProtoDUNE detector is the largest liquid-argon neutrino detector in the world. The size of a three-story house and the shape of a gigantic cube it has just recorded its first particle tracks signaling the start of a new chapter in the story of the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
From Crain's Chicago Business, Sept. 20, 2018: University of Chicago Professor David Awschalom says that accelerating quantum research is critical for Chicago, which is uniquely positioned to help lead the nation, thanks to the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab. The decisions we make now will determine the role the U.S. plays in a technology that could deliver a generational leap forward if we are bold enough to seize the opportunity.
From Swiss Info, Sept. 18, 2018: L'immense détecteur de ProtoDUNE, un cube de la taille d'une maison de trois étages, a été construit au CERN.
From Science, Sept. 13, 2018: At a recent workshop at Fermilab, more than 100 physicists gathered to hone the conceptual tools needed for the long search for collisions that produce not just one Higgs boson, but two. Fermilab scientists Marcela Carena and Caterina Vernieri, as well as others on CMS and ATLAS, comment on the plan.
From Forbes, Sept. 8 2018: What will measurements of the constant 'g' — the 'g' in Muon g-2 — tell us about the universe?
Inside the international hunt for the ghost particle
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment wants to solve one of the biggest mysteries in science today, namely, why do we exist? Fermilab scientist Bonnie Fleming appears in this 6-minute explainer video.
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