Sometimes, solutions to multi-million-dollar questions require nothing more than a well-placed ferret. There are many stories about the creation of Fermilab, the Midwest’s particle accelerator.

Physicist John Peoples Jr. was the third-ever director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Batavia, and in his 10 years in charge oversaw efforts to boost the power of the Tevatron, a ...

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The Energy Department has awarded a $5 billion contract to a nonprofit organization that will help run the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. Fermi Forward Discovery Group is ...

Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, is known for its powerful particle accelerator and cutting-edge research in particle physics, but outside the U.S. Department of Energy facility, the bison that roam the ...

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