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At LNF the construction of the Cosmic Ray Tagger (CRT) for ICARUS-T600 has just ended. The latter is one of the detectors of the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) experiment at Fermilab, aiming at discovering the so-called sterile neutrinos at the eV Scale or definitely excluding them.

For 10 years the INternational School on modern PhYsics and REsearch, INSPYRE, has been one of the major and most prestigious events of the Educational program of INFN Frascati National Laboratory (LNF).

Latest acceleration tests using plasma waves excited by a 350 pC electron beam (driver) generated by the SPARC_LAB photo-injector have produced the first significant results.

The call for Summer Students is an opportunity dedicated to undergraduate or graduate students to carry out research activity in an experimental group of Frascati National Laboratories. .

The Official Journal of February 6, 2020 publishes the Decree of the Ministry of Education, University and Research no. 1118/2019, “Allotment of the fund aimed at relaunching investments of Government Central Administrations and at Country’s development”, as provided for in the Article 1, section 95 of the Law of December 30, 2018, no. 145.

On the 4th of March an Indian delegation, guided by the Ambassador to Italy Reenat Sandhu, visited Gran Sasso National Laboratories (LNGS) and Frascati National Laboratories (LNF) of INFN.

Again this year, Frascati National Laboratory (LNF) adhere to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, established in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly with the purpose of promoting equal access to STEM careers (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), as well as emphasizing the value of women in the world of scientific research.

At the beginning of 2020, in the COLD lab (CryOgenic Laboratory for Detectors) the commissioning of a new cryostat with dilution refrigerator was successfully completed.

From the 30th of March to the 3rd of April Frascati National Laboratories will host the 10th edition of INSPYRE – International School on Modern Physics and Research – the international school in English language addressed to students in their last year of high school from all over the world. The topic of this year is: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the… Universe“.

INFN Frascati National Laboratories have always stood out for the special attention to aesthetic and functional aspects of the buildings hosting their offices and infrastructures. Aesthetic quality and comfort appear to be, indeed, key elements in providing a pleasant and stimulating working environment.