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New Results From the CMS Experiment Put W Boson Mass Mystery to Rest

Physicists on the CMS experiment announce the most elaborate mass measurement of a particle that is notoriously difficult to study and has captivated the physics community for decades.
17-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

First Neutrinos Detected at Fermilab Short-Baseline Detector

After years of preparation, the first neutrinos have been observed by the Short-Baseline Near Detector collaboration. The data SBND collects will expand our knowledge of how neutrinos interact with matter and will be used to search for evidence of...
10-Sep-2024 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Underground event marks excavation completion on colossal caverns for underground neutrino laboratory, DUNE

A massive milestone was celebrated on the international Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment that will tell us more about the universe and how it works.
16-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

DUNE scientists observe first neutrinos with prototype detector at Fermilab

The prototype of a novel particle detection system for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment successfully recorded its first accelerator neutrinos, providing a first look at the ability of this innovative technology to handle large...
12-Aug-2024 1:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Revived technology used to count individual photons from distant galaxies

Enabled by a U.S. Department of Energy program, a collaboration of scientists from Fermilab, UChicago, NOIRLab and other institutions demonstrated that skipper-CCD detectors can be utilized to improve cosmology research.
24-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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New NOvA results add to mystery of neutrinos

The international collaboration presented their first results with new data in four years, featuring a new low-energy sample of electron neutrinos and a dataset doubled in size.
18-Jun-2024 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Excavation of colossal caverns for Fermilab’s DUNE experiment completed

The excavation of the caverns that will house the gigantic particle detectors of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment in Lead, South Dakota is complete.
1-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Final supernova results from Dark Energy Survey offer unique insights into the expansion of the universe

In the culmination of a decade’s worth of effort, the DES collaboration of scientists analyzed an unprecedented sample of more than 1,500 supernovae classified using machine learning. They placed the strongest constraints on the expansion of the...
8-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is America's premier particle physics and accelerator laboratory. We collaborate with scientists from around the world to perform pioneering research, operate world-leading particle accelerators and experiments, and develop technologies for science in support of U.S. industry.

Fermilab works on the world's most advanced particle accelerators and digs down to the smallest building blocks of matter, advancing knowledge of the fundamental nature of matter and energy.

The laboratory is operated by the Fermi Research Alliance for the U.S. Department of Energy. More information can be found at www.fnal.gov.