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28-Jan-2021
National laboratories' magnet designers look to the future of light sources with new prototype
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
After more than 15 years of work, scientists at three DOE national laboratories have succeeded in creating and testing an advanced, more powerful superconducting magnet made of niobium and tin for use in the next generation of light sources.
27-Jan-2021
Precision measurements of intracluster light suggest possible link to dark matter
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Faint light from rogue stars not bound to galaxies has been something of a mystery to scientists. The dimness of this intracluster light makes it difficult to measure, and no one knows how much there is. Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey, led by Fermilab, have made the most radially extended measurement of this light ever, and they've found that its distribution might point to the distribution of dark matter.
14-Jan-2021
Dark Energy Survey makes public catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
The international collaboration, including Fermilab, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, NOIRLab and others, releases a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images from six years of surveys. This data release is one of the largest astronomical catalogs issued to date.
8-Jan-2021
Fermilab receives DOE award to develop machine learning for particle accelerators
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermilab scientists and engineers are developing a machine learning platform to help run Fermilab's accelerator complex alongside a fast-response machine learning application for accelerating particle beams. The programs will work in tandem to boost efficiency and energy conservation in Fermilab accelerators.