Fermilab and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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Fermilab Today—November 13, 2009
Wire contracts placed for high-field magnet projectFermilab has placed contracts for the first orders of a superconducting wire scientists hope to use in the next generation of high-performance magnets.
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Fermilab Today—November 4, 2009
NOvA gets full construction approvalNOvA experiment collaborators have more to celebrate this holiday season.
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Fermilab Today—October 30, 2009
Roll out the wavelength shifter barrelThe first batches of two powdered chemicals, dubbed wavelength shifters, for the future NOvA neutrino project arrived by the barrel at Fermilab recently.
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Fermilab Today—October 23, 2009
Hot computers, cool upgrades through Recovery Act fundsAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will allow Fermilab to replace 20-year-old cooling equipment in the Feynman Computing Center early next year with more efficient and reliable cooling units.
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Fermilab Today—October 16, 2009
Fermilab cryomodule move advances SRF progressThe latest and largest portion of Fermilab's superconducting radio frequency test accelerator floated into place Tuesday, as smoothly as a ship making port.
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Fermilab Today—October 9, 2009
Recovery Act funds new space to house computersThe American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is funding a $9.25 million expansion to the Fermilab computing infrastructure that keeps e-mail, Web servers and scientific computers running.
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Fermilab Today—October 2, 2009
Crews pour first concrete at NOvA siteThe future home of the NOvA neutrino detector facility is beginning to take shape in northern Minnesota. Construction workers began Tuesday pouring the concrete foundation at the site near Ash River, Minn.
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Fermilab Today—September 25, 2009
NOvA uses Recovery Act funds to prepare FermilabWhile NOvA project collaborators carve a space for a future detector facility in Minnesota, they are preparing Fermilab's accelerator complex for the new neutrino experiment.
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Fermilab Today—September 18, 2009
Recovery Act funds high-availability computing centerThe American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is funding a $4.5 million project to build a high-availability computing center and to improve electric infrastructure at the Feynman Computing Center.
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Fermilab Today—September 11, 2009
It starts with a holeRecent photos from Ash River, Minn., illustrate progress at the future site of the NOvA detector facility, a construction project funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Fermilab Today—September 4, 2009
ARRA funds SRF technology, U.S. industry to benefitIn August, the Department of Energy announced that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will provide Fermilab with $52.7 million to test and develop superconducting radio frequency cavities, a key technology for next-generation accelerators and the future of particle physics.
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Fermilab Today—August 28, 2009
ARRA funds R&D for long-baseline neutrino researchThe Department of Energy has provided Fermilab with $9 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the a future neutrino experiment at different stages of its approval and design.
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Fermilab Today—August 21, 2009
First Recovery Act Vehicle Arrives at FermilabThis hybrid Ford Fusion is the first of 24 new alternative-fuel vehicles that will join the Fermilab fleet in the coming weeks, thanks to funds secured by the Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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symmetry breaking—August 14, 2009
Recovery Act pushes high-field magnet development forward"A collaboration of national laboratories, universities, and industry may soon begin testing a new material that could help to revolutionize the superconducting magnet field."
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Fermilab Today—August 7, 2009
ARRA funds accelerate SRF, neutrino researchFermilab's efforts to develop superconducting radiofrequency technology and plans for a long-baseline neutrino experiment got a boost Tuesday with a new round of stimulus funds.
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Fermilab Press Release—August 5, 2009
Fermilab to Receive Additional $60.2 Million in Recovery Act Funding for High Energy PhysicsIn the latest installment of funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will receive an additional $60.2 million to support research toward next generation particle accelerators and preliminary design for a future neutrino experiment.
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U.S. Department of Energy—August 4, 2009
Obama Administration Announces More Than $327 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Science ResearchWashington, D.C. – U.S Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that more than $327 million in new funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go toward scientific research, instrumentation, and laboratory infrastructure projects.
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Fermilab Today—July 31, 2009
Blasting continues at NOvAConstruction crews at the future site of the NOvA detector facility have blasted through two more sections of rock since the initial detonation last week.
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Fermilab Today—July 24, 2009
Shifting light for NOvAIn June, Fermilab awarded a $2.1 million contract in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to a small company in Bucks County, Pa., that will manufacture roughly 8,700 kilograms of two chemical powders, dubbed wavelength shifters, for the experiment.
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Fermilab Today—July 23, 2009
NOvA first blastConstruction crews began blasting into the rock at the future site of the NOvA detector facility in northern Minnesota on Monday.
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symmetry breaking—July 10, 2009
Wood from NOvA site fuels renewable energy in MinnesotaConstruction of the NOvA detector facility, funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has created business opportunities for members of the local community in northern Minnesota. Recently it also created an opportunity to fuel renewable energy in the state.
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Fermilab Today—June 26, 2009
Crews dig in at NOvA siteConstruction crews began digging at the future site of the NOvA detector facility in Ash River, Minn., on June 1. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided funds for the civil construction project.
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Fermilab Today—June 19, 2009
Recovery Act brings E85, hybrid cars to Fermilab fleet
Twenty-four new alternative-fuel vehicles will join the Fermilab fleet in the coming weeks, thanks to funds secured by the Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Fermilab Today—June 3, 2009
Recovery Act funding fuels Fermilab projectsOn May 15, Director Pier Oddone signed the final paperwork necessary for Fermilab to receive its first allocation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, and the Department of Energy put the funding in our contract the same day.
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symmetry—May 2009
Commentary: Pier OddoneBosons and grocery bags
"When questions arise about how the Higgs boson connects to buying another bag of groceries, we need to pay attention, because our fellow tax-paying citizens are the ones who pay the bills for US particle physics."
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Press Release—May 1, 2009
Officials break ground for world's most advanced neutrino experiment
Construction begins this month on NOvA, a cutting-edge physics laboratory in northern Minnesota, supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Press Release—March 23, 2009
Fermilab to Receive $34.9 Million in Recovery Act FundingEnergy Secretary Chu Announces $1.2 Billion in Recovery Act Funding for Science.
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