The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab, is one of the world's largest research facilities, with more than 2,000 workers. Over the years, more than 5,000 scientists have come from around the world to work at Fermilab near Chicago, Illinois....

Coordinates: 41°49′55″N, 88°15′26″W Aerial view of the Fermilab site. The ring in the foreground is the Main Injector and the ring in the background is the Tevatron. The circular ponds dissipate waste heat. Robert Rathbun Wilson Hall Fermi...

Byline: Patrick Waldron Daily Herald Staff Writer Trillions of bytes of information collected during particle physics experiments at Fermilab will be available to scientists around the world through a new Internet-based computer system. Developed by University of Chicago physicist and Fermilab...

Byline: Victoria Pierce Daily Herald correspondent Unicyclists, contortionists and dancing lions will fill the Wilson Hall stage at Fermilab Saturday as the Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats show off their talents. The high-energy show combines modern-day acrobatic stunts with Chinese traditions that date...

A 43-foot-long magnet for the world's largest particle collider broke "with a loud bang and a cloud of dust" during a high-pressure test, and officials said Tuesday they are working to find a replacement part.The part that failed March 27 was in a super-cooled magnet...

The world's most ambitious particle collider _ which scientists hope could reveal what matter is made of _ might not be fully functional until next year, months after its scheduled startup date, officials at the European Organization for Nuclear Research said Thursday.Scientists have been scrambling...