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Archive: July 2010

Friday, July 30
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Thursday, July 29
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Weekend power, utility outages affect high-rise, Linac
Result of the Week: Gaining confidence in Higgs mass exclusion region
Interactions.org press release: First African School of Physics brings cutting-edge physics and technology to sub-Saharan Africa
From the symmetry breaking, July 28, 2010: Lighting up the dark universe

Wednesday, July 28
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Fermilab gives Anderson Barn bees the boot
From the Business Services Section: Whom do you call in the middle of the night?
Photo of the Day: South Dakota students learn about particle physics, lab
Farewell party for DOE's Joanna Livengood Thursday
From the New York Times, July 27, 2010: Teams of physicists closing in on the ‘God Particle’

Tuesday, July 27
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Career opportunities abound for TARGET students
Director's Corner: On vacation
Volunteers needed for bike ride through Fermilab
From ScienceNOW, July 26, 2010: No sighting of Higgs, but Fermilab physicists say they may be close

Monday, July 26
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Fermilab experiments narrow allowed mass range for Higgs boson
Photo of the Day: Sustainable Energy Club brings Tesla Roadster to lab
Video of the Day: Wilson Hall, Fermilab featured in Star Wars fan movie
From FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, July 23, 2010: Senate Appropriations Committee report language details DOE funding bill
ES&H Tips of the Week - Safety: Choosing proper work footwear

Friday, July 23
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Recreation Feature of the Month: Classes, events and discounts for August
Special Result of the Week: MiniBooNE uses neutrinos to shed light on nuclear physics
Update on E-Verify efforts/li>
From National Geographic News, July 21, 2010: New galaxy maps to help find dark energy proof?

Thursday, July 22
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Particles prefer diamonds
Result of the Week: Tevatron to make big splash in Paris
Lupe Rodriguez, electronics assembly specialist, retires
From AIP FYI, July 21, 2010: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee completes DOE funding bill

Wednesday, July 21
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Tuesday, July 20
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Tesla Roadster revs (quietly) into Fermilab
Director's Corner: Projects
Photo of the Day: Osprey protect their nest
From ScienceInsider, July 16, 2010: Energy research takes a hit in House spending bill for 2011

Monday, July 19
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Tevatron experiments prepare to shine at ICHEP
ES&H Tips of the Week - Health: Take care to prevent clots on long airplane flights
Shutdown-related power outage Tuesday morning
Photo of the Day: New employees - July 12
EAP offers July webinars
From the Are We Alone radio show, July 9, 2010: Are we alone – Rend me your ears: Craig Hogan

Friday, July 16
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Thursday, July 15
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Fiber Central: a quantum leap in computer networking
Result of the Week: Quark speed
Photo of the Day: New employees - July 6
From Ars Technica, July 13, 2010: Neutrino mass less of a mystery thanks to deep space imaging

Wednesday, July 14
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In Memoriam: Dennis Theriot
From the Accelerator Division: Marsha Jo Hannah
Dark Energy Survey announces new website
From Minnesota Public Radio, July 13, 2010: U of M students building small-scale neutrino detector

Tuesday, July 13
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In Memoriam: Wilson Cross
Director's Corner: Anniversary
Jackie Coleman retirement party Thursday, July 15
From Beacon News, July 10, 2010: Oddone gets second five years as Fermilab director

Monday, July 12
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New service wall honors long-term employees
ES&H Tips of the Week - Computer Security: Looking for the bad guy's needle in a data haystack
Jeff Mack retires
Milestones: Deaths
From Wired Science Blog, July 9, 2010: Dark matter may be building up inside the sun
From Physics World, July 9, 2010: X-rays reveal origin of Dead Sea Scroll

Friday, July 9
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From University of Chicago News Room: Piermaria Oddone reappointed to second term as director of Fermilab
Call for applications for awards in URA Visiting Scholars Program
Unity Coat to sponsor music event Monday
What's Happening Here?: Switch room repairs require ground-floor, atrium work
CMS Result of the Month: Rediscovering the weak force frontier
Milestone: Wedding
From 80 beats, a Discover blog, July 8, 2010: The incredible shrinking proton that could rattle the physics world

Thursday, July 8
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Milestone: Accelerator Complex reaches delivered luminosity milestone
Result of the Week: Searching for impossible top quarks
Photo of the Day: New employees - June 28
From symmetry breaking: CERN opens dazzling new public exhibition
From Interactions.org, July 2, 2010: Boost for investment in UK science and technology

Wednesday, July 7
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MINERvA keeps on rockin'
From FESS: Preparing for the future
From DUSEL Watch, June 22, 2010: Lab reallocates Sanford dollars from education fund to facility outfitting

Tuesday, July 6
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Friday, July 2
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Milestone: Jackie Coleman retires after more than three decades at Fermilab
Recovery Act: Recovery Act helps family business
In Brief: Stay safe this Fourth of July
From the Physics World, July 1, 2010: Ultra-precise test confirms photons are bosons
From the Wired Science, July 1, 2010: New muon detector could find hidden nukes

Thursday, July 1
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MINERvA receives CD-4
Result of the Week: Wizards, demigods and CP violation
From Interactions.org: Start of tunnel construction for the European XFEL
Photo of the Day: Observations from overhead
From the Washington Post, June 27, 2010: If scientists want to educate the public, they should start by listening