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46th Users Meeting looks to the future of Fermilab
From ESH&Q: Management systems audit at Fermilab
Photos of the Day: Bubble chamber
From symmetry: Fermilab docent
Safety Update: ESH&Q weekly report, May 21
From Energy.gov, May 21, 2013: Dr. Ernest Moniz sworn in as 13th Secretary of Energy

In Brief: LBNE informational meetings set for Thursday
Director's Corner: Big Science: Big Challenges
Photos of the Day: Planting apple trees
From symmetry: A banner day at the LHC
From the Chicago Tribune, May 19, 2013: Huge magnet set for delicate voyage to Fermilab
From Motherboard, May 14, 2013: The world's rarest element might help fight cancer

NOvA near-detector cavern construction completed, ready for research equipment
Tip of the Week: Safety: May is Electrical Safety Month
Photo of the Day: Osprey prey
From symmetry: The cherry pie collider
From Kane County Chronicle, May 17, 2013: Fermilab scientist is first American to win outreach award

Profile: One minute with Stacey Masters, human resources services manager
Frontier Science Result: CMS: Seeing the invisible
Photo of the Day: Eagle on the watch
From symmetry: Moniz confirmed as Energy Secretary
From Sanford Underground Research Laboratory's Deep Thoughts, May 13, 2013: DIANA chooses Sanford Lab

Milestone: EPS recognizes Don Lincoln
Frontier Science Result: CDF and DZero: The power of two top detectors
Photo of the Day: Blue skies return
From the Chicago Tribune, May 15, 2013: Fermilab narrows search for new director to three finalists
From University of Wisconsin-Madison News, May 15, 2013: IceCube Neutrino Observatory reports first evidence for extraterrestrial sources of high-energy neutrinos

From symmetry: The top 40 physics hits of 2012
From the Center for Particle Astrophysics: Cosmic background: from quantum to cosmos
Photo of the Day: Soon to scintillate
Safety Update: ESH&Q weekly report, May 14
From Scientific American, May 10, 2013: Hints of lightweight dark matter get even stronger
From Space.com, May 13, 2013: 'Einstein's planet': new alien world revealed by relativity

Getting LBNE 35-ton cryostat ready for cool-down
Tip of the Week: Health: Tick activity this season
Photo of the Day: Spring blooms
In Brief: FRA scholarships awarded
From Huffington Post, May 10, 2013: Particle storage ring to move from New York's Brookhaven Lab to Fermilab in Illinois
From Interactions.org, May 8, 2013: Space warps project needs your help

Physics in a Nutshell: Gravity and gravitons
Frontier Science Result: MINERvA: Scouting the party: neutrinos and nuclei
Photo of the Day: Looking snappy
Press Release: Fermilab invites neighbors, public to learn about proposed construction of neutrino project
From Science News, May 8, 2013: Atom's core gets pear-shaped

Milestone: Fermilab breaks ground on muon experiment building
Frontier Science Result: CDF: No unknown unknowns
In Brief: Registration for New Perspectives is open
From symmetry: Smallest lab-made drop of liquid might cause strange particle behavior
Photo of the Day: Sunning siblings
From the Daily Herald, May 3, 2013: Moving picture: Batavia man takes care of bison at Fermilab
From space.com, May 1, 2013: Quantum mechanics trick may detect invisible gravity waves

Press Release: Revolutionary muon experiment to begin with 3,200-mile move of 50-foot-wide storage ring
From the CMS Center: Partnership with the LPC
Photo of the Day: PXIE beam absorber
Safety Update: ESH&Q weekly report, May 7
University Profile: University of California - Irvine
From Physics World, May 6, 2013: Higgs hunters look beyond the Standard Model
From the Daily Herald, May 7, 2013: Best bets: Hubbard Street 2 swings into Fermilab

From the Director Search Committee: Director search update
Tip of the Week: Cybersecurity: Virus vigilance in Fermilab computing
Photo of the Day: Which way to the dog park?
From Sanford Underground Research Laboratory, May 1, 2013: Davis-Bahcall Scholarship recipients for 2013 announced
From FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, May 3, 2013: Holdren responds to proposals to limit federal support for research

In Brief: DASTOW 2013 scheduled for Friday, June 21
Frontier Science Result: CMS: The Higgs boson's big brother
Photos of the Day: Bees and blooms
From ars technica, May 2, 2013: A new detector has a clever way of detecting dark matter
From Christian Science Monitor, April 29, 2013: Antimatter might fall up, say physicists

Press Release: New dark matter detector begins search for invisible particles
Frontier Science Result: DZero: Probing power of four bosons
In Brief: 13th Argonne-UChicago-Fermilab collaboration meeting on May 28
From WDRS: Fermilab offers benefits for new parents and parents-to-be
Photo of the Day: Coming up tails
Correction: Photo of the Day photo credit
From ars technica, April 29, 2013: Detector in South Pole's ice cap spots rare high-energy neutrinos

Profile: One minute with William Miner, PPD senior technician
From the Fermi Site Office: Contractor assurance: the DOE perspective
Photos of the Day: The cold side of DarkSide
In Brief: Administrators to complete certification course this week
Safety Update: ESH&Q weekly report, April 30
From Interactions.org, April 30, 2013: CERN celebrates twenty years of a free, open web
From Nature, April 24, 2013: Particle physics: Minimalism triumphant