Fermilab Education Office

Upcoming Event! “Hunting the Higgs” is a fast-paced, gamified and massively interactive particle physics experience. Join us on Tuesday, July 21st from 4:30pm-5:30pm and find out, do you have what it takes to hunt the Higgs?

The NOvA experiment uses Fermilab's neutrino beam and near detector, and a far detector in northern Minnesota. The detectors use plastic PVC filled with liquid scintillator, when a neutrino interacts with an atom in the detector it releases charged particles that we can observe.

Submissions are being accepted for "The Quantum World” to be displayed September 1-November 30 in the Fermilab Art Gallery.  Details and submission form found on our website, events.fnal.gov/art-gallery/

#CanYouGuess how long does it take for @Fermilab neutrinos to travel 1300 km through Earth to South Dakota? #Neutrino70

#DidYouKnow? All neutrinos are left-handed, while all antineutrinos are right-handed. Scientists at @Fermilab study the differences between them to help answer one of the biggest questions in science: Why does our Universe exist at all? #Neutrino70

The MINERvA experiment at Fermilab uses a high-intensity beam to study interactions between neutrinos and different nuclei. These studies provide information about neutrino properties, the structure of protons and neutrons, and strong force dynamics of neutrinos and nucleons.

Happening Today! Visitors to the Lederman Science Center are welcome to step into our MakerSpace and get hands-on with STEM activities. More details and summer schedule available on our website! education.fnal.gov/program/makers… #FermilabPrograms

#ExplainIn20Seconds Curious about left-handed neutrinos and right-handed antineutrinos? This animation explains it.

Pssst! Here's a sneak peek at a new activity for this week's MakerSpace Open Lab! Join us on Thursday, July 2nd from 1:00pm-4:30pm to get hands-on with STEM. More details here: education.fnal.gov/program/makers… #FermilabPrograms

#DidYouKnow Neutrinos interact with matter by exchanging W or Z bosons. These interactions have distinct topologies which allow physicists @Fermilab to identify interaction types.

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is a large general-purpose experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe. Fermilab plays a large role in detector design and testing at CMS. Fermilab also hosts a Remote Operations Center for detector and data quality operations for CMS.

Don't miss our MakerSpace Open Lab session this Thursday! Visitors to the Lederman Science Center are welcome to step into our MakerSpace and get hands-on with STEM activities. More details and summer schedule available on our website! education.fnal.gov/program/makers…

Upcoming Event! “Hunting the Higgs” is a fast-paced, gamified and massively interactive particle physics experience. Join us on Tuesday, July 21st from 4:30pm-5:30pm and find out, do you have what it takes to hunt the Higgs?

The Lederman Science Center will be closed on Friday, July 3rd, in observance of the holiday.

Can a "wetland" look dry? A wetland has water-saturated soils with plants adapted to wet conditions. It is either covered with water permanently or only seasonally! Wetlands prevent flooding and erosion, filter pollutants, provide habitat for wildlife, and store carbon.

#ExplainIn20Seconds Curious about neutrino mixing? This animation explains it!

#DidYouKnow Stars make neutrinos all the time. When stars die, they radiate almost all their energy in trillions of neutrinos. If a supernova occurs in our galaxy, the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment @DUNEScience hosted @Fermilab will detect the massive burst of #neutrinos.

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) lets us see the universe soon after the Big Bang, making it important for fundamental physics. Fermilab plays a big role in developing and testing detectors for the South Pole Telescope, it will make the most precise CMB measurements to date.

There's still time to apply for our Fall session of Saturday Morning Physics! This lecture series for high-school students is a great way to learn about physics and STEM jobs at Fermilab. Check out the details here: education.fnal.gov/program/saturd…

@Fermilab Answer: Images #4,5,6 show neutrino signals observed by Fermilab neutrino experiments using liquid argon technologies. For more info: neutrinophysics.fnal.gov

#CanYouGuess which of these neutrino signals were observed in liquid argon? Comment with your guess. @Fermilab we use different types of detectors, from bubble chambers to liquid argon time projection chambers to spot neutrinos.