Friday Flyer/News

Spotlight on Muons in Mexico Do you remember the article about muon tomography of a pyramid in Egypt that we featured back in December? Well, staff member and mentor Mark Adams and his colleagues…

Spotlight on International Masterclasses It is that time of year when students become particle physicists for a day. A recent tweet from IPPOG signaled the beginning of IMC 2022 that runs through…

Spotlight on The University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez QuarkNet Center Puerto Rico was hard-hit by the pandemic and the UPRM QuarkNet Center was on hiatus in 2020. They began the comeback in 2021…

  Spotlight on The University of Minnesota QuarkNet Center Minnesota is home to many things, including the headwaters of the Mississippi River, SPAM, the NOvA far detector, 10,000 lakes (actually…

Welcome to this "excited state" of the Friday Flyer on Monday! Spotlight on Idaho State University If you drive north on I-15 from Salt Lake along the Wasatch Front and then through range land of…

This "Monday Memo" (thanks for suggested title, Dave Parent!) is the first Friday Flyer of 2022. We at QuarkNet hope you had a very happy holiday season, and wish you a Happy New Year! Spotlight on…

Spotlight on an Eventful Year This year was supposed to be the year of recovery from the annus horribilis of 2020. Well, yes and maybe. The endemic pandemic came and went, and came again. QuarkNet…

Spotlight on the Black Hills QuarkNet Center The Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), located in the Black Hills of South Dakota and home of DUNE's future far detector, hosted most of…

Spotlight on World Wide Data Day 2021 World Wide Data Day 2021 is on the way. In one sense, it is already here: all of the videoconferences are on the big day, December 1 UTC, but data analysis…

Hello, QuarkNet members! I’m Marcia Faye, the new remote-based editor with the Fermilab Office of Education and Public Engagement. Ever since my grammar school days in Chicago, I’ve been drawn to…