Tuesday, October 7
3:30 pm Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Flr X-Over
4:00 pm Accelerator Physics and Technology Seminar - One West
Speaker: F. Garcia, Fermilab
Title: The Status of MiniBooNE
Wednesday, October 8
3:30 pm Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Flr X-Over
4:00 pm Fermilab Colloquium - Auditorium (NOTE LOCATION)
Speaker: N. Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: The Aftermath of September 11
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Tuesday, October 7
Curry rice and lentil soup
Red onion and garlic marinated flank steak grilled and sliced to order $4.75
Our homemade chili tossed w/elbow pasta, topped w/extra sharp cheddar and baked to perfection $3.50
A medley of marinated summer vegetables that have been oven roasted and wrapped in a fresh tortilla $4.75
Two jumbo golden dipped corn dogs $3.75
Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu
Chez Leon
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3 Theorists Win 2003 Nobel Prize for Superfluids, Superconductors
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Alexei Abriksov of DOE's Argonne National Laboratory
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This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to three physicists
who have made decisive contributions concerning two phenomena
in quantum physics: superconductivity and superfluidity. Alexei
Abrikosov (Argonne), Vitaly Ginzburg (Lebedev Institute) and Anthony
Leggett (UI Urbana-Champaign) will share the prize money of $1.3 million.
Both superconductivity and superfluidity are quantum effects that
occur at very low temperatures. Superconducting material is used,
for example, for particle accelerators in physics and for magnetic
resonance imaging in medicine.
Knowledge about superfluid liquids
provides deeper insight into the ways in which matter behaves in its lowest
and most ordered state.
Read more
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Joel Greenberg, Author of A Natural History of the Chicago
Region, Visits Fermilab's Prairie
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Joel Greenberg (left) explores Fermilab's prairie with Bob Betz.
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Not so long ago, the space now occupied by Chicago hosted an untouched
wilderness. Then the Europeans came, with their steel plows and their
skyscrapers, and things quickly changed. The seeds for prairie
preservation were planted early last century, and by 1975 they had
inspired Fermilab's 1,100-acre prairie reconstruction effort.
Last week, Joel Greenberg - naturalist, lawyer, and author
of the 2002 book, A Natural History of the Chicago Region - came to explore
the Robert F. Betz Prairie in the center of the Tevatron ring. Betz himself
acted as host; the two have been friends for years. Wearing his ubiquitous
bird-watching binoculars, Greenberg pointed out budding flora, including an
odorous plant named after a Native American word for skunk. (The word
sounds like "Chicago," and provided the city with its name.) In his book,
Greenberg notes how much progress Betz's prairies have made in a mere
quarter-century.
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Mike Witherell
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Good Morning!
Things are going well for the accelerator shutdown that began on September 8. With about six weeks to go, many important tasks have been completed and most others are well under way. As in every complex operation, there are temporary setbacks and unexpected problems, but we are making steady progress, and we are still on track to resume Tevatron operations in mid-November.
Now that we are nearing the home stretch, I want to take this opportunity to re-emphasize the importance of working safely. Thanks to your efforts thus far, there have been no serious injuries during the shutdown, although there have been a number of cuts, scrapes and strains. As the weeks pass and deadlines loom, I remind you that there is no greater imperative for the shutdown than to complete it safely. No deadline is so important that it justifies risking your own safety or the safety of those who work with you. In these final weeks, I ask you to redouble your efforts to plan and carry out the tasks ahead with the highest attention to safety, so that everyone goes home from every shift, not only in the tunnel but throughout the Laboratory, whole and without injury.
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Press release, October 6, 2003
The 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Paul Lauterbur
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Chemist Paul Lauterbur and Physicist Peter Mansfield were awarded the 2003 Nobel
Prize in Physiology/Medicine for their discoveries concerning Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI).
Imaging of human internal organs with exact and non-invasive methods is very
important for medical diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.
This year's Nobel
Laureates in Physiology or Medicine have made seminal discoveries concerning
the use of magnetic resonance to visualize
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Peter Mansfield
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different structures. These
discoveries have led to the development of modern magnetic resonance
imaging, MRI, which represents a breakthrough in medical diagnostics and
research.
Read more
Superconducting technology in medicine
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Help the Fermilab Library
Please help the Fermilab
library identify which experiments
the following theses belong to:
List of theses
Fermilab Arts Series - October 11
Tickets are still available for this six-member company performing fully
costumed highlights of some of Gilbert & Sullivan's most beloved operettas
including Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore, Patience and
others!
more information
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