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In fiscal year 2017, Fermilab spent \$170.9 million in the United States to purchase goods and services in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Procurements in Illinois accounted for approximately \$72 million, and about \$99 million was spent in other states.
More than 4,000 scientists in 53 countries use Fermilab and its particle accelerators, detectors and computers for their research. That includes about 2,500 scientists from 223 U.S. institutions in 42 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
An international team of over 1,000 scientists and engineers from more than 30 countries are building the most advanced neutrino experiment in the world, which could change our understanding of the universe. Groundbreaking for this revolutionary endeavor—hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab with contributions from across the U.S. and around the globe—took place in July of 2017.
Fermilab is committed to purchase goods and services from small businesses. In fiscal year 2017, Fermilab awarded over $63 million in contracts to small businesses.
Developing breakthroughs in accelerator science and translating them into applications for the nation’s health, wealth and security.
Scientists, engineers and programmers at Fermilab are tackling today’s most challenging computational problems. Their solutions, motivated by the needs of worldwide research in particle physics and accelerators, help America stay at the forefront of innovation.
High school students can sign up to get free, weekly physics lessons from Fermilab researchers.
Scientists at Fermilab hope to capture a never-before-seen interaction between two ordinary particles. Observing the rare event could help them find new particles or new forces underlying the universe.
By studying the properties of muons, scientists at Fermilab hope to learn whether there are elementary particles beyond the ones we know.
The Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) will be the world’s flagship science project to unlock the mysteries of neutrinos, the particles that could be the key to explaining why matter exists in our universe. It will house the infrastructure and particle detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) and will use the world’s most intense neutrino beam. LBNF will be hosted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois and the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota. About 1,000 scientists from more than 160 laboratories and universities in 30 countries are contributing to this international mega-science project. In addition to direct economic benefits to the states of Illinois and South Dakota, LBNF will foster STEM education nationwide and keep the United States at the leading edge of global science and innovation.
If you’re looking for opportunities to learn about cutting-edge research, enjoy nature and have a little fun, Fermilab has you covered. Here’s a quick guide to some of what we have to offer.
An international team of over 1,000 scientists and engineers from more than 30 countries are building the most advanced neutrino experiment in the world, which could change our understanding of the universe. Groundbreaking for this revolutionary endeavor—hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab with contributions from across the U.S. and around the globe—took place in July of 2017.
When Fermilab’s founding director, Robert Wilson, imagined an ideal laboratory, he wanted it to be architecturally impressive and artistically inspiring. With this in mind, he installed remarkable sculptures and designed buildings influenced by culture, history, and physics.
Technologies developed at Fermilab will be used in the next generation of particle accelerators and will spur innovation to meet the challenges of America’s future.
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An international research program at Fermilab will probe one of the enduring mysteries of science: Are there only three types of ghostly particles known as neutrinos, or is a fourth type waiting to be discovered?
Scientists from around the world use Fermilab’s particle accelerator complex to research some of least understood particles in the universe: neutrinos. A suite of experiments aims to discover the role that these mysterious particles played in the evolution of the universe.
In 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider, scientists discovered the long-sought Higgs boson. Now the question is: Are there more types of Higgs bosons?