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The 2×2 prototype detector for the DUNE near detector was placed in its cryostat in October 2023

DUNE scientists observe first neutrinos with prototype detector at Fermilab

08/12/24

The prototype of a novel particle detection system for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment successfully recorded its first accelerator neutrinos.

02/01/05

Event display

Finding new species of particles isn’t as easy as simply watching them fly out of a collider experiment.

02/01/05

Einstein iconography

I discovered the theory of relativity and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

01/01/05

Inflation

In 1978 Alan Guth heard about the “flatness problem” of the universe while attending a talk on cosmology—a field he was only marginally curious about. A year later, Guth found a solution.

01/01/05

Fine-tune this

Quick, what's 987654321 divided by 123456789? The answer is close to 8, but not exactly 8. Why does the result differ by about a tenth of a million, yielding 8.0000000729...?

01/01/05

Trends in extra dimensions

Sometimes old papers can be highly influential, decades after their publication.

01/01/05

Dawn Meson: Orders of magnitude

From cave paintings of bison to Monet landscapes, artists have studied and interpreted the natural world. Dawn Neal Meson, a San Francisco artist, has taken this theme one level further, or, rather, many orders of magnitude smaller.

01/01/05

Visa quest

Russian physicist Nikolay Solyak has been a Fermilab employee since 1999. When he left the United States in September 2003, a short trip abroad turned into a four-month odyssey, separating him from his work and family in the United States. His documents tell the story.

01/01/05

SESAME

Can a recycled synchrotron become an oasis of peace in the Middle East?

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