Fermilab Education Office
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The Fermilab Office of Education and Public Engagement: Bringing Fermilab science to you!
#ExplainIn20Seconds Ever wondered what luminosity means in particle physics? This short video explains it. @Fermilab plays a crucial role in the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider upgrade developing and fabricating key components like superconducting magnets and cavities.
#ExplainIn20Seconds Ever wondered what a scintillator is? This animation explains it. Scientists @Fermilab use scintillators in particle detectors to detect and study the basic building blocks of matter at the very fundamental level.
#DidYouKnow Machine learning and neural networks are used in particle physics to optimize data analysis. @Fermilab physicists exploit graph neural networks in their experimental systems.
Are you the next Guest Artist or Guest Composer at Fermilab?! The call is free and OPEN for 2026 until 9/10. events.fnal.gov/art-gallery/ Fermilab Art Gallery artwork by Ricardo Mondragon (2023) & Chris Klapper/Patrick Gallagher (2020)
Welcome @ENERGY’s @SecretaryWright to Fermilab! We'll be sharing highlights from Secretary Wright's visit to America's premier particle physics and accelerator laboratory where experts from around the world work to solve the mysteries of matter, energy, space and time!
#ExplainIn20Seconds Ever wondered about spontaneous symmetry breaking? Watch this short video and learn more about it.
#DidYouKnow High energy cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere produce neutrinos. In addition to the oscillation physics, DUNE experiment, hosted @Fermilab, will study atmospheric neutrinos, supernova bursts and nucleon decays.
#CanYouGuess Which universe geometry is your favorite: open, closed or flat? Comment with your answer. Cosmic research program @Fermilab explores the fundamental nature of matter, energy, space, and time, as revealed in the unique natural laboratory of the cosmos.
#DidYouKnow All particles fall into one of two families, bosons or fermions. Two bosons with identical properties can be in the same place at the same time, but two fermions cannot. Matter is made of fermions. Three out of 12 fundamental fermions were discovered @Fermilab!
#DidYouKnow You can “watch” a black hole formation with a neutrino detector? Black holes form when massive stars collapse, protons & electrons are squeezed together forming neutrons & streaming out trillions of neutrinos, which can be detected by DUNE, hosted @Fermilab.
The Lederman Science Center will be closed on Friday, July 4th, in observation of the holiday. We will reopen on Monday, July 7th, for our normal hours.
"The amount of data gathered by Rubin Observatory in its first year alone will be greater than that collected by all other optical observatories combined." Learn more about the Rubin Observatory here, symmetrymagazine.org/article/ever-c…
Congratulations to all the Saturday Morning Quantum students and organizers!
Fermilab hosted its first quantum science education outreach program for Chicago high school students. The classes were taught by quantum scientists and subject matter experts to inspire the next generation of quantum researchers. news.fnal.gov/2025/06/cps-st…
Tools of a Scientist! Guide students in authentic data collection which reflects the real-world ecological science of Fermilab to determine the health of ecosystems. Register for Energy and Ecosystems at education.fnal.gov/teacher-worksh…
