From STFC, Aug. 15, 2018: STFC has appointed Dave Newbold of the University of Bristol, who has been leading the data acquisition design for DUNE, as new director of its Particle Physics Department.
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Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
Fermilab hosts DUNE and the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, being built by scientists and engineers from more than 30 countries.
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Fermilab explores the universe at the smallest and largest scales, studying the fundamental particles and forces that govern our universe.
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Fermilab designs, builds and operates powerful accelerators to investigate nature's building blocks, advancing technology for science and society.
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Fermilab news
ICARUS neutrino detector installed in new Fermilab home
ICARUS now sits in the path of Fermilab's neutrino beam, a milestone that brings the detector one step closer to taking data.
Mapping the universe in 3-D: Fermilab contributes to the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
DESI, an instrument to help scientists get to the bottom of the dark energy mystery, is getting a little help from Fermilab.
Javier Tiffenberg wins $2.5 million DOE award for research on pixelated detectors
The DOE Early Career Award will fund research and development for special technology to study the lightest and most elusive particles.
A dual-phase DUNE
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is advancing technology commonly used in dark matter experiments — and scaling it up to record-breaking sizes.
Machine learning proliferates in particle physics
A new review in Nature chronicles the many ways machine learning is popping up in particle physics research.
DUNE collaboration completes Interim Design Report for gigantic particle detectors
Experience gained during the construction of prototype detectors paves the way toward the final design of the DUNE detectors.
In The Media
From Agencia FAPESP, Aug. 8, 2018: A longstanding partnership between the Brazilian scientific community and Fermilab is getting stronger, thanks in part to FAPESP's research funding programs.
From WBBM Newsradio: Aug. 6, 2018: Fermilab has preliminary approval for its plan to upgrade its particle accelerator, which uses streams of neutrinos for a wide variety of physics research, by the middle of the next decade.
From The Beacon-News, Aug. 8, 2018: A group of Aurora area high school students get a chance to learn more about the local environment as they get back to nature at Fermilab's tall-grass prairie.
From UQ News, Aug. 1, 2018: A scientist from the Dark Energy Survey, which is hosted by Fermilab, is selected for the television program Australian Survivor.
From Patch, July 30, 2018: Batavia's Fermilab has just been approved to move forward with an accelerator project that will create more powerful particle beams to "generate an unprecedented stream of neutrinos."
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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