LBNE
February 2013
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February 14, 2013deconstruction: Long-Baseline Neutrino ExperimentThe Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment aims to discover whether neutrinos violate the fundamental matter–antimatter symmetry of physics.
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February 12, 2013feature: Neutrinos, the Standard Model misfitsFor years, scientists thought that neutrinos fit perfectly into the Standard Model. But they don't. By better understanding these strange, elusive particles, scientists seek to better understand the workings of all the universe, one discovery at a time.
December 2012
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December 12, 2012breaking: DOE grants CD-1 approval to LBNE projectThe Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment took another step forward, receiving approval from the US Department of Energy for the first phase of the project.
November 2012
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November 5, 2012breaking: East Coasters brave Hurricane Sandy to keep neutrino project on scheduleHurricane Sandy hit the night before an important project review, but scientists, engineers and project personnel didn't let that stand in their way.
August 2012
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August 10, 2012breaking: Proposed neutrino experiment bounces back, ready to move onThanks to a new phased construction plan, the proposed Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment is back on track and ready to advance to the next stage of the U.S. Department of Energy approval process.
March 2012
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March 8, 2012breaking: Daya Bay experiment makes key measurement, paves way for future discoveriesAn international collaboration of physicists working on a neutrino experiment in southern China announced today they have made a difficult measurement scientists have been chasing for more than a decade. The results of the Daya Bay neutrino experiment open an important window into understanding the behavior of neutrinos, and now the race is on to determine the implications. Two American experiments, one proposed and one under construction, seem well positioned to take the next steps.
October 2011
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October 1, 2011deconstruction: Neutrino experimentsNeutrinos zip straight through the Earth, while rarely leaving a trace. Yet these particles may hold answers to many of the key questions of 21st century particle physics. Around the world, scientists are creating an array of increasingly sophisticated neutrino experiments to find these answers.
September 2011
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September 23, 2011breaking: OPERA experiment sees neutrinos seem to beat speed of lightThe OPERA neutrino experiment announced today the kind of result that keeps a physicist up at night.
July 2011
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July 19, 2011breaking: Iowa State physicist to test next-generation neutrino detector for major experimentHundreds of physicists from around the world are making plans to shoot the world's most intense beam of neutrinos from Illinois, underground through Iowa, all the way to a former gold mine in South Dakota. And Iowa State University's Mayly Sanchez is part of the research team.
June 2011
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June 17, 2011breaking: Japanese neutrino observation a boon for U.S. physicsThe Japan-based experiment T2K Tuesday gave scores of U.S. particle hunters a license to ready their detectors and take aim at the biggest question in the universe: How everything we see came to exist.
May 2011
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May 1, 2011feature: LBNE: The inside buzz on a new science projectPlanning and designing the $900 million Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment takes more than a village. It takes a hive's worth of scientists, engineers, technicians, accountants, and other specialists of every stripe.
November 2010
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November 4, 2010breaking: October 2010 issue of symmetry available onlineCERN Director-General Rolf Heuer and theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, namesake of the elusive boson that scientists at Heuer’s laboratory seek, grace the cover of the latest issue of symmetry magazine, now available online. The photo was taken during their recent trip to the Garden of Cosmic Speculation, an architect and designer’s leafy representation of scientific progress. If you can’t wait for the magazine to hit the mailboxes, here’s a sampling of what you’ll find inside.
October 2010
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October 1, 2010feature: To catch a supernovaSome exploding stars release bursts of oddball neutrinos. Scientists with the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment are eager to catch those neutrinos and milk them for discoveries. But they must weigh the benefits of doing that against the risk that nothing will happen—no supernova, no neutrino burst—during the experiment's 50-year lifetime.
January 2010
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January 15, 2010breaking: Easy listening and learning with Deep Science podcastsCheck out this nice selection of physics podcasts taken from public outreach talks organized by Sanford Laboratory on the science that could occur in the Homestake Mine in South Dakota.
