We have a category of story in Kane County Connects Land called “Quirky and Fun.” The idea is provide fun stuff so that you’ll keep reading and tell your friends to sign up for our daily newsletter.

Here’s one that we probably should call “Quarky and Fun.” It’s a video from Fermilab, which is putting out all kinds of fun stuff in its newsletter, which you might also want to subscribe to. For non-HTML users, Fermilab Today is available online at http://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/

Obviously, Fermilab is one of those “sparklers” that make Kane County such a cool place to live and work. This embedded YouTube video is a good example of how our friends and neighbors make particle physics so dang interesting you can’t help but follow along.

Quarky and fun, right?

About Fermilab

What are we made of? How did the universe begin? What secrets do the smallest, most elemental particles of matter hold, and how can they help us understand the intricacies of space and time?

Since 1967, Fermilab has worked to answer these and other fundamental questions and enhance our understanding of everything we see around us. As the United States’ premier particle physics laboratory, we work on the world’s most advanced particle accelerators and dig down to the smallest building blocks of matter. We also probe the farthest reaches of the universe, seeking out the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

Fermilab’s 1,750 employees include scientists and engineers from all around the world. Fermilab collaborates with more than 20 countries on physics experiments based in the United States and elsewhere.

Fermilab’s 6,800-acre site is located in Batavia, Illinois, and is managed by the Fermi Research Alliance LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. FRA is a partnership of the University of Chicago and Universities Research Association Inc., a consortium of 89 research universities.