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Award for innovative, money-saving way to manufacture Fermilab accelerator component

A Michigan-based foundry was recently given an award for its casting of a prototype of a Fermilab particle accelerator component. Their method, which uses a 3-D-printed casting mold, allows for an economical approach to creating accelerator parts and could lead to significant cost savings in component fabrication.

Four December 2018 DOE Graduate Student Research fellowships

In December 2018, four students received the prestigious Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research fellowships to conduct their research at Fermilab. The goal of the program is to prepare graduate students for STEM careers critically important to the Office of Science mission by providing graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories.

European Physical Society gives top prize to Fermilab's CDF, DZero experiments for top quark discovery, measurements

The CDF and DZero collaborations announced the discovery of the top quark in 1995, the final undiscovered quark of the six predicted by theory. The biannual prize is given for an outstanding contribution to high-energy and particle physics.

One minute with Rakshya Khatiwada, research associate

Rakshya Khatiwada is an experimental astrophysicist at Fermilab working on dark matter searches and quantum science. When she's not developing the newest detectors to look for dark matter, Khatiwada makes a point to engage with the next generation of scientists through informal lunches, talks and webinars.

In photos: Middle schoolers visit Fermilab Latina STEM conference

Earlier this month, 56 Latina girls from the local area converged at Fermilab to hear from STEM professionals about what it's like to work in a science-based field. Members of the Fermilab community chatted with the girls, inspiring them to consider a future in STEM.

Europe's path forward

Physicists meet this week in Granada, Spain, to update the European Strategy for Particle Physics.

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Sanford Science Series part 7: Into the future

From KOTA TV, May 20, 2019: Fermilab's Patrick Weber and Sanford Lab's Mike Headley talk with the South Dakota news program about the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment and the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility in this 3-minute segment.

European physicists look to the future of particle colliders

From Physics World, May 16, 2019: Fermilab scientist Vladimir Shiltsev is quoted in this article on the European Strategy for Particle Physics symposium.

Excavating for science in former gold mine

From Construction Equipment Guide, May 15, 2019: Fermilab's Chris Mossey and Doug Pelletier talk about the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, hosted by Fermilab, and the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, much of which will be built in the extensive maze of caverns at the former Homestake gold mine in South Dakota's beautiful Black Hills. The site is being transformed into a laboratory designed to unlock the mysteries of some of the smallest particles in the universe, neutrinos.

Chicago's Black Women in STEAM Series: Meet Jessica

From The Adler 'Scope, May 15, 2019: Fermilab scientist Jessica Esquivel is one of about 150 Black women in history to obtain her Ph.D. in physics. She talks with Adler Planetarium about the obstacles she faced in being a minority in physics, neutrinos and science outreach.

What does a particle collider sound like?

From Gizmodo, May 15, 2019: Fermilab scientist David Harding talks to Gizmodo about a particle accelerator's sonic environment. You can't hear subatomic particles colliding inside the experiment. But the world's largest science experiments certainly make a lot of mechanical commotion.

Malaysian joint efforts to tackle global challenges

From Labmate, May 4, 2019: Researchers at the UK's Scientific Technology Facilities Council are collaborating with Malaysian academics on projects that will both develop scientific capabilities and the research potential of Malaysian science in helping to discover new answers to some major scientific challenges. The projects include the Fermilab-hosted Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.