National Laboratories, Physical Sciences
An experiment at the Department of Energy’s Fermilab has made a significant advance in the detection of neutrinos that hide themselves at lower energies. The ArgoNeuT experiment recently demonstrated for the first time that a particular class of particle detector —...
National Laboratories, Physical Sciences
Scientists have moved quantum optic networks a step closer to reality. The ability to precisely control the interactions of light and matter at the nanoscale could help such a network transmit larger amounts of data more quickly and securely than an electrical...
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Medicine, National Laboratories, Physical Sciences
This year brought us discoveries, developments and advances that uncovered new knowledge and informed fields of research. In 2018, we saw the launch of a named probe into the sun, the growth of a quantum technology hub, the critical first particle tracks in a new...
National Laboratories, Physical Sciences, Research Support
Collaborations supported by FACCTS, the France and Chicago Collaborating in the Sciences program, has now supported four collaborations at Fermilab. Through these collaborations, researchers develop technologies that could allow us to do things like detect dwarf...
National Laboratories, Physical Sciences, Uncategorized
In October, LIGO’s discovery of gravitational waves from two colliding black holes won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. But three decades ago, it was a controversial project (even among the scientific community) in search of funding. Walter Massey, chancellor of the...
