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Archive: September 2010

Thursday, Sept. 30
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Georges Charpak, detector pioneer, dies at 86
Result of the Week: The top quark’s elusive cousin
Photos of the Day: Employees learn about healthy options at annual fair
Special Announcement: Help preserve and restore the prairie at harvest event Oct. 2
From iSGTW: New ISO standard for special mathematical functions

Wednesday, Sept. 29
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Tuesday, Sept. 28
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From symmetry breaking: Vote for top Particle Physics Photowalk photograph
An Open ES&H Culture
From Technology Review, Sept. 27, 2010: First Observation of Hawking Radiation
From Time, Sept. 24, 2010: The Supernova's Secrets Cracked at Last?

Monday, Sept. 27
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From symmetry breaking: So long and thanks for all the physics: The Hitchhiker’s Guide
Special Announcement: Flu vaccinations available for employees at high risk
From Nature News: "Gathering Storm" back on the radar
ES&H Tips of the Week - Computer Security: Who is watching you type?
From BBC News: Underwater telescope searches for space secrets

Friday, Sept. 24
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Thursday, Sept. 23
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Physics for Everyone: New lecture series begins Oct. 6
Result of the Week: Searching for super top
Health fair today 11:30 a.m to 1 p.m. in Wilson Hall atrium
Gizmo Guys juggle at 7 p.m. Saturday at Fermilab
From Kane County Chronicle, Sept. 22, 2010: Fermilab moving ahead with new accelerator project

Wednesday, Sept. 22
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Leaving a natural legacy
From the CMS Center: CMS progress report
From symmetry breaking: LHC experiment observes potentially new and interesting effect
Health fair Thursday from 11:30 a.m to 1 p.m.
From Science Insider, Sept. 21, 2010: American physicists scrounge to stay in 'God Particle' race

Tuesday, Sept. 21
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Fermilab constructs pioneering accelerator test facility
Director's Corner: Tevatron
From NPR's Talk of the Nation, Sept. 17, 2010: Does the universe have a 'dark flow?'

Monday, Sept. 20
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October workshop to shape the future of U.S. detectors
ES&H Tips of the Week - Quality Assurance: Defend against Murphy’s Law
From AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, Sept. 14, 2010: Little progress expected on key S&T appropriations and authorization bills

Friday, Sept. 17
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Joint Fermilab-CERN Director's Corner:
Scientific opportunity: the Tevatron and the LHC
Aviation photography exhibit takes wing in the Art Gallery
From Interactions.org, Sept. 17, 2010: CERN Council approves the laboratory's Medium Term Plan
Recreation Feature of the Month: Classes, events and discounts for September
From the AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, Sept. 8, 2010: Accelerators for America's Future

Thursday, Sept. 16
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From the Beacon-News, Sept. 15, 2010: Fermilab director measures long-term goals against search for Higgs boson
Result of the Week: Quirky subatomic skid marks
Photo of the Day: Service Award - 10 years
Indian Creek Road closed until 3 p.m. today and Friday
From symmetry: Explain it in 60 seconds: redshift

Wednesday, Sept. 15
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Tuesday, Sept. 14
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Monday, Sept. 13
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Improvements to Wilson Hall
ES&H Tips of the Week - Environment: Fermilab seeks ways to help reduce greenhouse gases
Photo of the Day: Water lilies at sunset
From symmetry breaking, Sept. 10, 2010: Using art to understand particle physics

Friday, Sept. 10
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DUSEL planning on track
CMS Result of the Month: Into the unknown
University of Chicago's Paul Sereno gives croc talk today
Milestone: Birth
Did you make a difference? Share sustainability stories
From Science, Sept. 9, 2010: High-energy physics: Higgs or bust? Fermilab weighs adding three years to Tevatron run

Thursday, Sept. 9
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Wednesday, Sept. 8
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Robert Wilson’s niece visits her uncle's legacy
From the Accelerator Physics Center: A MAP for the future
Photo of the Day: Taking flight
From the Washington Post, Sept. 7, 2010: In Europe, science collides with the bottom line

Tuesday, Sept. 7
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Friday, Sept. 3
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Special Announcement: DUSEL continues today
Recovery Act: Autos to accelerators
Fermilab employees earn silver in international competition
Special Announcement: Window washing at Wilson Hall begins next week
Letter to the Editor: Clearing the cobwebs
From The Economist, Aug. 31, 2010: Ye cannae change the laws of physics -- or can you?

Thursday, Sept. 2
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Special Announcement: DUSEL meeting starts today
Result of the Week: An ingredient for Higgs soup
From symmetry: Accelerators for America's future
Commentary: Particle physics and America’s future
Photo of the Day: Banana spider
From Nature, Sep. 1, 2010: Panel throws Tevatron a lifeline
From PopSci, Sep. 1, 2010: Researchers devise the first experimental test of controversial, confusing string theory

Wednesday, Sept. 1
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Special Announcement: DUSEL users to discuss preliminary design report
Director's Corner: Tevatron extension
Photo of the Day: 2010 Champions
Special Announcement: Pine Street closures scheduled this week
From CD Tracks, Aug. 2010: Program helps teachers learn
From physorg.com, Aug. 31, 2010: IceCube neutrino observatory nears completion